Peter Lemken wrote:
Can someone enlighten me about the purpose of spotting a DX-station's
'precise' QSX?

Unfortunately, in a day & age when half the pileup calls every time the
DX stops transmitting* (regardless of whom, if anyone, the DX came back
to), this may be the only way to get any idea of where the DX is
listening....

* sometimes it seems the other half doesn't wait for the DX to stop
transmitting...
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com