[PaQSO] Should mobiles self-spot?

[Michael Coslo]

What you said, Pete.

I’ve always looked at the concept of spotting as just something people do. First off, you have to define it. A strict definition means you can’t ask another op if they’ve heard from some county, or as I have done while mobile, tell a pileup I will be in XX county in a half hour. Or people have asked me if I’m going to be in XX county. In a pure assisted universe, the only “legal" answer would be:

"I must regret, I am not at liberty to divulge that, so I can neither confirm nor deny whether I will be in XX county."

- 73 de Mike N3LI -

> On Sep 19, 2015, at 12:48 PM, TwelveVDC--- via PaQSO <paqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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