[VHFcontesting] Assistance in the VHF Contest

[Chuck Dietz]

On second thought, after speaking with others, the consensus is it is
probably ok under the rules to broadcast your grid square as long as you
are not "facilitating" a specific contact. In these days when the prefix
doesn't necessarily indicate which way to point your antenna, the grid
might be needed.  I don't much like broadcasting all the information
necessary for the exchange, so I probably won't be doing it, but it is
probably ok under the rules.

Chuck W5PR

On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems to me that giving your grid in a self spot might be viewed as
> "facilitating" the contact.
>
> Chuck W5PR
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 5:39 PM, James Duffey <jamesduffey at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I am not sure what others, particularly rovers, are doing for assistance
>> in the upcoming contest. I have some questions and comments.
>>
>> 0. Does anyone this list run a skimmer that feeds into the RBN? Can or
>> will you operate it on 6M during the contest?
>>
>> 1. Will there be any, well more than a few, RBN (skimmer) stations
>> serving 6M spots during the contest?
>>
>> 2. Will these skimmers capture not only the default CW band from 50.080
>> to 50.100, but also the lower part of the SSB band? I know that the
>> skimmers can’t decode and spot SSB, but if they can monitor the SSB band, a
>> quick CW CQ from an SSB OP before calling CQ on voice would get one
>> spotted, right? And if you did it every 10 minutes or so, that would keep
>> you spotted, right?
>>
>> 3. I think a cluster filter setting like “Set dx filter spotterstate=nm
>> and (band=6 or band=2)” will feed me spots only from NM and only on 6M and
>> 2M. I have been trying this, but there is no activity here now, so I don’t
>> see anything on the cluster, but at least the cluster didn’t barf up my
>> filter setting.
>>
>> 4. A self spot is the same as a regular spot, so I would send something
>> like  “DX KK6MC/r 50.147 DM74”
>>
>> I am going to use my iPhone as a hot spot to access the internet, and
>> also use it to generate APRS spots. I will also check the MUF maps on DX
>> Maps for openings. What are others doing? - Duffey KK6MC
>>
>>
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