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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am the sysop for MX0NCA-2 which I manage on behalf of the Norfolk Coast Amateur Radio Society in the UK.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are an active contesting club with a slant towards CW contesting. Our node provides RBN spots which pretty much all our members use in CW and RTTY contests.</p><p class=MsoNormal>A popular feature is the *<b>SEE ME</b>* function. Indeed, in the UK RTTY contest earlier this week as soon as I called CQ on RTTY at the start, my cluster window filled up with *<b>SEE ME</b>* spots confirming to me that I was “getting out” and ‘spotting me’ in the cluster. It was the adding of RBN in the mojo branch that encouraged us to set up our own RBN skimmer.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As I see it, this is no different really to self spotting. The club skimmer may be spotting with a different callsign to the one I use in contests – but it is in my back garden, and feeds from my internet connection. Perhaps this technology has led to the ‘acceptance’ of self-spotting for all modes. It is actually a two edged sword because as soon as I get spotted a pile-up can occur which actually slows down the QSO rate at times. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, yes! I am for allowing self-spotting on the cluster network. It isn’t needed on CW or data modes anyway, and I can’t see that SSB traffic will cause significant disruption to the network. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s a yes from me</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mike G3YPP</p><p class=MsoNormal>G4P in contests</p><p class=MsoNormal>Sysop for MX0NCA-2</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>