A scientist goes to Bouvet
He is a good friend , who normally lives 1 block
from your house.
He sets up a remote at his home , and operates from Bouvet.
You work him on 160 meters...
So did you work " Bouvet " or a neighbor ?
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Remote op & Who is this guy, really?
Friends,
I had to take this opportunity after the comment about the end of rare
sections...
I think all this remote work, trying to help J. etc is interesting and
wonderful and I really don't mean to be negative. But...what is the point
of a "rare section" if you don't have to be there to operate? Doesn't this
in many ways, miss the point of a multiplier?
As an analogous example, what if a DXpedition were to put up an automated
station in Bouvet, and operate it from home? Bouvet becomes common. What
have we really achieved? HF propagation to Bouvet was never really the
point, was it?
I'm not a Luddite, I get the interest, good intentions, and technical
achievement in all this. It sounds fun! But as a test to see if I was just
narrow-minded or a fuddy-duddy, I ran this remote idea past a few non-hams
who know just enough about contesting to understand. The comments I
received were:
- That's bogus
- That's cheating
- You guys have lost your way
Can't say I disagree. Food for thought. Not to stop such operations,
progress will always move forward, but to try and recognize what it all
means and establish limits.
73,
Drew K3PA
-----Original message-----
From:Art Boyars <artboyars@gmail.com>
Sent:Wed 11-04-2015 09:21 am
Subject:[CQ-Contest] Who is this guy, really?
To:CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>;
W1VE said: "Thanks to a lot of work from J and the remote team, Hal, W1NN,
will operate [VY1AAA] SOHP in November SS via remote from his home in
Ohio."
OK, so "Hal, W1NN" will operate a NT station from his home in Ohio.
But for the past many contests "Hal" has purportedly operated "W1NN" in
Ohio ... remotely from Japan. (You could look it up.)
Can we believe that "Hal" is really where he says he is, or that the
station is where it claims to be, or even who he says he is?
(In case I'm too subtle, that was a joke.)
And Gerry will be (actually, physically) at K2LE in VT. Could that be
competition for W1SJ?
Are we about to see the end of rare Sections in SS? (Not a joke.)
73, Art K3KU
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