[Dxspider-support] Support for self spotting

[Ian Maude]

Once self spotting is allowed, chaos will ensue.  People will think they can spot every station they work on their frequency and the whole idea of the cluster becomes invalid.  Just my 2d worth.  Of course, it could just be my GOM kicking in

73 Ian (G0VGS)

> On 10 Mar 2023, at 15:11, Björn Ekelund via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <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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