[VHFcontesting] Spotting and the DX Cluster in VHF contesting...

[VE3DS]

Marshall and all
I’ve used the ON4KST 144/432 page for the sprints and it worked out fine. Too bad the propagation didn’t cooperate.
Can’t speak the K5N experience but for the higher bands the page is effective for our local VE gang to coordinate with the
W1 - W9 gang on 144 222 432 and up…

I concur, we should try to stick to one spot.

Why not give it a go later this week?

Dana VE3DS FN03fq

> On Apr 28, 2015, at 8:50 PM, Marshall-K5QE <k5qe at k5qe.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all...well, at least we have the beginnings of some kind of rational discussion about the spotting problem.
> 
> Apparently, the east coast believes that the DX Cluster spots are the way to go.  When you can post, "I hear weak pings on 50.265 please continue calling on 2nd sequence", then maybe the DX Cluster spots will be useful.  Or maybe, "W3XYZ, please call me on 144.142 on FSK".  Maybe their way will turn out to be a winner, but I think that we need a lot more than what you can get on a cluster spot.  Remember, we are allowed to post a lot more than just, "I see W4XYZ on 50.125".
> 
> Many others have recommended the ON4KST chat pages(of which there are several).  When we were at DL88 running the K5N call, we posted that we would use the ON4KST Region 2 50MHz chat page as our primary page.  The ENTIRE time we were there, the Region 2 50MHz chat page was filled with European operators discussing their feedlines and everything else but Region 2 and 50MHz.  I could hardly get a post in edgewise.  I have never used the ON4KST pages again.  But maybe that would be a valid way to proceed.
> 
> Jay-W9RM makes the point that we MUST NOT split up into many different ways to do this.  He has a point.  However, it is probably not going to be useful to have a bunch of meteor scatter guys posting to a page normally devoted to JT65.  So, some segregation seems necessary.
> 
> I said before and I will say it again, "I don't exactly know how to do this".  Jay is right that we need to figure this problem out.....otherwise, we will end up with small groups scattered all over the place--which certainly will not result in more QSOs.  Currently, we have PingJockey for meteor scatter and the EME-1 page for those interested in EME.  Probably, ON4KST has similar pages, so if we just use those two, we are already split in half.
> 
> OH, what to do, what to do??
> 
> Rational thoughts, new ideas, and / or intelligent solutions are welcome.  Flames will go directly to the bit bucket.  They will not pass GO and will not collect $200.
> 
> Thanks in advance for rational ideas and good discussion.
> 
> 73 Marshall K5QE
> 
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