In reply to G0RQL:
Lets put this discussion to bed.
73 All.Don.
What have you started here Don:-) You only asked a simple innocent question in the first place and it has evolved into the debate of the century, hi.
Maybe (Tin hat on) we should get rid of the reflector and leave the spots alone;-)
73
Mike GW0DSP
Sorry to perpetuate the thread, but just an observation from a personal point of view.
When activating I find the spotting extremely valuable, not to qualify a summit, but to provide the opportunity for as many chasers as possible to work me. Being interested in unique summits, I regularly activate lowly single point summits with a low activation count. Some of these are well screened on VHF. To refuse a spot when offered would, to my mind, be extremely churlish. It is very pleasing to be informed that I have given a chaser a unique.
73, Gerald