David,
> Any amateur radio communications between two or more
> individuals is already using a signal path that "other than"
> RF, unless of course, you are getting RF into your microphone
> cable.
The local connections (microphone, headphone, etc.) are necessary
and part of amateur radio. When these necessary connections are
replaced or extended by commercial means of communication, the
amateur nature of the communications is changed.
I have no philosophical objection to remote control as long as the
controls are entirely by amateur radio (e.g., RF above 220 MHz).
It is when you and those like you replace amateur frequencies
with AT&T, Sprint, etc. that the line has been crossed. The
next step is to move all of the big remote stations into a small
are to make the RF part of the path more "reliable" followed by
elimination of the "unreliable" ionosphere with redundant servers.
Eventually, amateur radio becomes nothing more than a multiplayer
computer game that anyone (located in developed countries with
access to a laptop and WiFi) can play. Amateur radio with the
thrill of wireless, long distance, person to person, communication
has been turned on it head. Instead of person to person, long
distance communication, it becomes wired person to server
communication and the only thing "wireless" is the short range
network access hop.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Kopacz
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 6:14 PM
> To: Paul O'Kane; CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Re; Skimmer Ultimate Setup
>
>
>
> >This may be a reactionary viewpoint but it seems to me
> >that when any part of the signal path, between the two,
> >(or more) individuals concerned, is anything other than
> >RF, something is lost - at least in amateur radio terms.
>
> >73,
> >Paul EI5DI
>
> Paul,
>
> Your statement is not only reactionary, but wholly incorrect.
>
> Any amateur radio communications between two or more
> individuals is already using a signal path that "other than"
> RF, unless of course, you are getting RF into your microphone cable.
>
> Remote operation is simply extending the microphone cable (AF
> signals) and control signals (typically low level DC control
> signals) and extending them a longer distance than normal.
> Many amateurs already control their radios with a computer
> using low level DC signals (RS-232), so why do you think
> extending those control signals a bit further, such as across
> the Internet, with AF included in both directions, is
> "debasing" amateur radio?
>
> The "radio" communications between two or more individuals is
> still accomplished using RF signals between the antennas of
> each station.
>
> David ~ KY1V
>
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