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 Sent from my iPad > On Feb 7, 2015, at 6:30 AM, Mike Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 a VK2, K1N, and heard > other DX. Perhaps if I would have spotted myself on the DX cluster, then > some DX station would have taken notice and answered me. > > Not everyone tunes the bands looking for CQs all the time (like I did this > AM after K1N's sunrise). But lots of people monitor the cluster. > > Just who would I have harmed (any why) if I would have self-spotted myself? > > 73, Mike > www.w0btu.com > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
