The panadapter has finite room: spots close in frequency are stacked
behind a '+' and only one is drawn, chosen by PRIORITY — a parameter
'spot add' accepts and OpsLog never sent. So a new entity sat invisible
behind three stations already in the log. DXHunter has sent it for
years; the tiers here are the same idea in the operator's own words:
the entity never worked (with my own callsign, for a multi-op), then
band/mode/slot, then the reference hunts, then everything else.
And a callsign already worked on this exact band and mode stops
advertising a need. Working it again cannot turn a missing QSL into a
confirmation — the QSO is already there — so shouting NEW DXCC over a
station worked an hour ago only teaches an operator to distrust the
colour. The need is real and stays on every OTHER station of the entity,
which is where it can be answered. Applied on both paths out of the
verdict, including the early one that leaves the loop first.
rouggy
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