Yes and no. Someone in London spotting that he can't hear the KH6 on topband at noon on a midsummer day is of course as much use as a chocolate teapot. But under some circumstances - for instance during disturbed conditions on the higher bands or when deep QSB is the order of the day I'll take any intelligence about propagation conditions that I can get (within reason).
Anyway hopefully the rant did your blood pressure some good, Gerry. Sometimes it's good to let it all out and we'll gladly be of service by listening :-) Dave G0OIL ----- Original Message ----- From: GERRY <telw...@telusplanet.net> Sent: 07 June 2012 18:35 To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette Spotting etiquette has bugged me for a long time so I thought I'd vent. I really don't understand why some folks want to tell us that they can't hear the DX where they are. I thought the purpose of DX SPOTTING was to tell us where (and by whom) the DX IS being heard. Imagine the traffic if everyone who didn't hear the DX reported it. I have my program set to tell me when the DX is being heard in NA and it's darn annoying to get an alarm and highlight from someone in BC (I use BC as an example not to offend other NA non-spotters) telling us he also can't hear the DX. FWiW 73, Gerry VE6LB/VA6XDX VE6 QSL Bureau Team DXCC Field Checker ve...@telus.net 403-251-0384 http://www.qsl.net/ve6lb -------- [The entire original message is not included] ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------