I'm of mixed feelings but on occasion I don't mind it to be totally honest. If it's a nearby big gun station reporting no-copy once in a while I'm OK with it. If it's constant then, no. Also, for BC, it's easy enough to block either one constant annoying station outright or, if you're using a CC-based cluster, to block or time-limit-by-band spots from VE7. I've blocked W3LPL's spots outright and I block spots from certain geographic areas and also based on time. It's easy enough to configure in AR-user software from VE7CC.
Sometimes a not-heard from NJ but good spots from NC tell me something about propagation. I guess it depends on how frequently the not-heard spots get posted. Once here or there for a major DXpedition, especially on a difficult band like 10m, I can appreciate. - pjd From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of GERRY Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 12:35 PM 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------
