[UK-CONTEST] SSB Field Day Results

[Tom GM4FDM]

I think we have to be clear on the difference between "cheerleading" and 
"self spotting".

Cheerleading is often something the station being spotted may well have 
not asked for, no knowledge of,
no interest in, but some of the local club members / friends / 
acquaintenaces may well think they are
doing the station a favour by repeatedly spotting a station on the DX 
Cluster.   I freely admit to being a cheerleader for all of the Scottish 
Station I could hear in last week's CQ World Wide Contest and spotted 
the guys
when I could find them.

I am not convinced that spotting stations in a UK Field Station achieves 
any major benefit in said
Contest.   The Cluster is supposed to be a DX Cluster amd unless anybody 
far off in the world is looking for a particular
Prefix, or a Scottish Station on a particular band, then the vast 
majority of DXers will be aggravated
by loads of really meaningless spots, and pay little or no heed to 
them.   I dont think in this Contest, Cluster Spots
will decide the outcome.

Having said that there is a vast difference between that and SELF SPOTTING.

There are at leaast 18 spots on the cluster giving the spotter as MM3AWD 
which is the "other" call of
MM0LID, irrespective of any other calls on the cluster.   I can't but 
help thinking that it is extremely unlikely that someone is going to get 
out of their bed at 0204 and again at 0433 and again at 0501, to put a 
spot on the cluster using someone else's call.   Why not use your own 
call, rather than put the put the Contest station in jeapordy by using 
one of the
operator's calls.

I'm not saying this is conclusive proof of anything, but it hardly shows 
the contest station in a good light.

Now, as regards having points docked, I'm not going to comment on the 
rights and wrongs of that, the current
Contest Committee must do as they see fit, and all contestants either 
abide by the rules or dont take part,
however, surely, it would have been good practise, BEFORE the results 
are made public, for the Group to have been contacted,
the position and decision explained, and what is and is not acceptable 
practise.

After all, we do bang on about new members and new groups being encouraged.





On 03/11/2010 15:36, Scott Mcleman MM0LID wrote:
> I Still do not understand why now the questions begin!!
> If there was a doubt during adjudication then should we not have been contacted?
> To stand our ground and at least explain things!!!
> But no the powers that be just decide to deduct points with no notification what so ever.
>
> If i didnt get told by someone else today to look at the reflector then i wouldnt have known anything about it.
>
> In  my eyes its a load of crap!
>
> Im sure when it comes to adjudication of any other event and any G station is  involved in such cheerleading there will be no action!
>
> SOUNDS LIKE SOUR GRAPES!
>
> 73 de MM0LID 		 	   		
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