On Sun,2/8/2015 6:22 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
The RBN is a good idea, and I use it occasionally. But I don't think
everyone uses it. For one thing, it takes more CPU power, RAM, and
bandwidth than what everyone has.
It's easy to get RBN spots. Simply use VE7CC's cluster program, and
connect to h
Thanks for all the replies!
The RBN is a good idea, and I use it occasionally. But I don't think
everyone uses it. For one thing, it takes more CPU power, RAM, and
bandwidth than what everyone has.
I tried to spot myself on a cluster, but apparently self-spotting is
disabled. I don't know how som
QRV. Of course, alerting
the "packlet-rats", is likely to get a lot of action!
73,
Charlie, K4OTV
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I don't think it's wrong, it says you're QRV & here's where to find
me. Sounds good to me.
73,
Gary KA1J
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Tim K3LR
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From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Waters
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 7:31 AM
To: topband
Subject: Topband: Is self-spotting ALWAYS wrong?
Pardon my ignorance, but if there is little or no activity on 160, what
harm doe
I mostly rely on reversebeacon skimmers to "spot me". I know for sure
whenever I issue a CQ, and I'm not specifically in a contest unassisted, I
am also watching reversebeacon. If I call CQ on 160M and get spotted by 2
EU skimmers, then conditions are OK. If I call CQ and get spotted by 10 EU
skimm
t;big knob" here!
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> 73,
> Tim K3LR
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> From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> Waters
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 7:31 AM
> To: topband
> Subject: Topband: Is self-spotting ALWAYS wrong?
>
m: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Waters
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 7:31 AM
To: topband
Subject: Topband: Is self-spotting ALWAYS wrong?
Pardon my ignorance, but if there is little or no activity on 160, what
harm does spotting one's own "CQ DX"
Mike,
You did "self spot" just by calling CQ, more than 15 times. It's automatic.
http://www.reversebeacon.net/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=0&c=W0btu&t=dx
73...Stan, K5GO
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> On Feb 7, 2015, at 6:30 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but if there is little or no activity o
Thanks. And it goes without saying that self-spotting during a contest is a
no-no, too. :-)
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 6:42 AM, Cqtestk4xs--- via Topband <
topband@contesting.com> wrote:
> I agree. ... Now as for self spotting on 15 at 1300Z, that is a no-no as
> far as I am
No one would be harmed. In the spot notes something like " cq dx band open
to AS" would be just fine.
It's only prohibited in contests.
73,
Juha OH6XX
7.2.2015 14.31 kirjoitti "Mike Waters" :
> Pardon my ignorance, but if there is little or no activity on 160, what
> harm does spotting one's own
I agree. Many times when I was at KH6 at the bottom of the cycle, I would
self spot on 10 or 12 since the band was supposedly dead and no one was
listening. The boys in EU would be very happy and more often than not I'd be
rewarded with a Q on a "dead band".
Many times that one Q would be
Pardon my ignorance, but if there is little or no activity on 160, what
harm does spotting one's own "CQ DX" do? I know it's frowned upon, but I
have never understood why.
I called CQ DX for awhile this morning before dawn, and no one answered. I
know that propagation was decent, because I worked
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