[VHFcontesting] Self-spotting

[Jarred Jackson]

I used normal radio based APRS for awhile and APRS-IS from my phone when my HT died. I had no feedback from anyone that they used it to track me. I made one phone call to a friend that generated 3 contacts. I use my iPad with Internet access to calculate bearings and find grid squares. However in one location I had no data access. Other than the phone call and APRS-IS, everything else was the same as last time. No interest at this time for anything else. Since its just me in the car, it seems like I was busy enough without it. Calling CQ and chasing guys on the bands seemed to work just fine for me. Glad that others were doing the same. 

KF2MR/R 
FN02/03/12/13

On Jun 15, 2015, at 10:39 AM, "Rick R" <rick1ds at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'd like to get some feedback from those who may have used self-spotting.What means did you use? Tweet? Phone? APRS? APP? Internet?Was it useful? Did it change the dynamic of your operation? Any great QSOs??My personal activity was a rove through 7 grids here in the mid-Atlantic. Aside from making a few phone calls and texts to alert stations to my availability, I did not have any time to use anything else--having covered 660 miles over the weekend. Rick, K1DS/R                         
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