[UK-CONTEST] Death to the cluster!

[Paul_group]

Mark Haynes wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I find this topic very interesting. 


Aye .. its made me smile here..

People whinging about not getting spotted, people whinging about being 
spotted too much - mostly out of context as the original post was about 
a VHF contest. (2m AFS)

In the general rules for VHF contests it says something along the lines of:

Do spot DX you have worked or heard when tuning the band for the benefit 
of all.
Do use the DX cluster to help you find DX during the contest.
Don't use the DX cluster to help the DX find you.
Don't ask other stations that you work to "please spot me"
Don't spot DX you've just worked on your frequency.
Don't spot your fellow team member (if operating in team/multi band 
contests eg UKAC, AFS, VHF NFD etc).

The intent of that lot is pretty clear to me.

I watched my bandscope carefully during the contest (2m AFS) discussed 
in the original post and immediately noticed that every time I spotted 
someone - miraculously most of the spikes got bigger. Must have been 
conditions as all those none spotting stations who weren't using the 
cluster wouldn't have known to beam NW would they?

Must have been conditions :-)


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