On 1 Feb 2006 18:02:20 GMT, "Bill Turner" wrote:

Wes Stewart wrote:

So stop spotting them. If there were no spots, folks would actually
have to listen and find the DX. And the DX would actually have to
give out their calls and announce where they are listening more
frequently, which would be refreshing.
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Amen. Too bad we can't "uninvent" all kinds of spotting. It's a curse,
even though I admit I use it from time to time. A character flaw, to be
sure.

I've been "flawed" a few times by peeking at an Internet cluster (is
that what they're called?) to get a feel for propagation. Although I
have a computer in the shack for logging it's not Internet enabled and
I don't use packet. (Two-meters should only be used for EME and
meteor scatter (g))

So my looking at spots requires going in another room and booting the
XYL off the computer. Needless to say, the wise thing to do is locate
my own DX. Besides, the guy who "spotted" them first actually spotted
them first without a spot. Somebody's got to do it.

Another thing that would help (and I think I've seen this happen) is
for the DX station to monitor the spots and as soon as he's spotted he
QSYs.

Or the DX could do like one DXpedition op did. He was on 14.195 and
announced, "Listening up 5 to 10 (pause) and 14.190. I worked him on
14.190 on the first call. Heh heh.

Wes N7WS