[Dxspider-support] Support for self spotting

[Björn Ekelund]

Thanks Dirk,

Since dozens of HF contests allow and even encourage self spotting, they
should
simply never be blocked. On any node.

Björn SM7IUN

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 2:03 PM Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support <
dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:

> We had a mini poll about this some time ago and there was an large
> majority against self spotting below 23cm.
>
> But it's just a tunable variable which you can change on your node:
> set/var $Spot::minselfspotqrg  0
>
> But I will create a Doodle and we can try the poll again.
>
> Dirk
>
> On 10/03/2023 12:44, Björn Ekelund via Dxspider-support wrote:
>
> Thanks Jose,
>
> Given how many contests allow, and even encourage, self spotting,
> self spots should no longer be blocked by anyone.
>
> Björn SM7IUN
>
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 1:26 PM CX2SA - Jose Ma Gonzalez via
> Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Björn
>>
>> In my node are not allowed self spots and I celebrate that.
>>
>> I’m running DXSpider V1.57 build 516 – Windows
>>
>>
>>
>> Show the following message in the window:
>>
>>
>>
>>  (*) CX2SA/CX2SA trying to self spot below 1240000KHz (21250 CX2SA) from
>> 127.0.0.1, not passed on to cluster
>>
>>
>>
>> 73, Jose – CX2SA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *De:* Dxspider-support [mailto:dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk] *En
>> nombre de *Björn Ekelund via Dxspider-support
>> *Enviado el:* viernes, 10 de marzo de 2023 05:14
>> *Para:* The DXSpider Support list
>> *CC:* Björn Ekelund
>> *Asunto:* [Dxspider-support] Support for self spotting
>>
>>
>>
>> A lot of contests (for instance all ARRL contests) allow self spotting
>> these days.
>>
>>
>>
>> When I create a spot with my own callsign on my DXSpider node, all I get
>> is "Sorry, this is a duplicate".
>>
>>
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong or does this need fixing?
>>
>>
>>
>> Björn SM7IUN
>>
>>
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