[Dxspider-support] Support for self spotting

[Björn Ekelund]

I do not see the connection between spotting stations you work and self
spotting.
People spot stations they work all the time when S&P:ing in some phone
contests.

Self spotting is a fact. Other cluster nodes than DXSpider pass them on.
There have been many contests allowing them. No chaos so far.

Björn SM7IUN

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 4:53 PM Ian Maude <ijmaude at icloud.com> wrote:

> 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> 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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