[Logic] Multiple Spots ARE Useful

2002年7月12日 06:48:59 -0400

I prefer to see multiple spots for same station.
Different spots often provide the following useful information:
1. Call Sign correction
2. Freq. correction or even BAND correction!!
3. Inclusion of Xmit freq for split operation when the first spot does not
include xmit freq
4. Inclusion of split xmit freqs from SEVERAL ops - this helps expose the
listening routine the spotted station is following as well as the freq.
range in which the DX is listening. Ever see a spot by a station outside
the US who spots the DX on a freq OUTSIDE the US ham bands - and then a
later spot by a US ham spots the freq. WITHIN the US ham band that the DX is
ALSO listening to.
5. QSY freq - when the spotted station moves up/down the band; helpful when
you turn on your station, review the spots and can see the "history" for the
spotted station. If you missed the spot announcing "now listening here"
you'd tune to dead air & figure the DX went QRT.
6. "Now QRT" is a useful comment that would be missed if you saw just an
earlier spot.
7. QSL route spotted by someone within all of the multiple spots
8. Corrected QSL route by another spotting operator
9. Inclusion of ADDITION QSL routes - as in DXpeditions where Stateside go
to this mngr, all others go here. Or CW QSOs go to this person & Phone go
to a different person (useful when only one spotted mode shows a QSL path,
and you just worked a different mode & think you should QSL to the other
mode's mngr)
10. The number of spots is sometimes a good measure of activity the spotted
station is enduring - i.e., how long a wait it might take to make contact.
Lots of spots means the DX is busy. Ever see a spot for a station, then a
while later a second spot comes up "begging" or "lonely" or "CQing" etc!
There are just 10 reasons why I like multiple spots!!
73, Bill K1UQ