[PaQSO] Should mobiles self-spot?

[TwelveVDC--- via PaQSO]

Hi, Pete.

You positively should spot if you have time and can learn an easy and safe way for a copilot to do it while in motion, or ask every few Q's for someone to do this for you from their safety of a fixed station.

Party Rules are not mute on this. Ignore purists who tell you it it bad form in a Contest to self-spot, because this is a "QSO Party."

Spotting is officially encouraged in the PAQSOP.

-Pete / NL7XM
2014 Bonus Station Co-Chair
EPA 


> On Sep 19, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Peter Albright <peteralbright1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> During PAQP a few years ago, a friend tracked W3CG/m's progress and spotted
> us as we crossed county lines. It created a consistent rhythm of Qs for the
> first 15 minutes of crossing every county line. Nice. Except for that, I
> have never used any spotting network for anything whatsoever.
> 
> 
> 
> Now, with Laurie plotting an intricate route to maximize the number of
> counties we hit, I wonder if we should spot ourselves. It is not much
> advantage to us because we will make contacts no matter what, and we would
> have to figure out how to spot ourselves using a smart phone. The advantage
> is to those who are looking for rare counties in the NE quadrant. Our time
> in some of those counties might be quite short.
> 
> 
> 
> We will post a refined schedule before the contest. Should we learn to
> self-spot as well? Party rules are mute on the topic. If encouraged, we
> might give it a try.
> 
> 
> -Peter (AA2AD) & Laurie (N3KZI), dba W3CG/cty
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