Having a remote receiver only a few miles away offers a huge advantage in single band contests over stations with everything on a single property. SO2R on 160m is normally pretty tough to do. Imagine
Jim, You have eloquently described the "dumbing down" of DXCC so that "even a caveman can do it". Granted, its way easier. But making things in life easier does not increase the satisfaction of the a
I don't personally like that rule, and if I ever got into operating with remotes I would surely not engage in that sort of behavior, but would rather stick with one single site and abide by its propa
I have no problem with a remote RX within a reasonable distance. But define a reasonable distance. For me a reasonable distance would be say 10 miles. For others it means from one side of the contine
GE Ria Well I have been chasing DX for 54 years and I have most likely read about your report of remote operation being OK for DXCC, tho I really do not remember it now. All
Use of a remote receiver by a contestant in the CQWW 160 contest is very restricted. It must be within 62.2 miles (100 km) of the transmitter, and the contestant is limited to entering the single-ope
For the record, DXAC recommended a distance limit the both times they were asked to evaluate this rule. That would prevent "propagation shopping" as you call it. Two wrongs don't make a right. 73 Ria
Bob, Please don't misunderstand me - I don't endorse this rule. In fact I have been always publicly against it, to the point where I have received angry emails on numerous occasions from owners of re
I would like to see other contests adopt that rule, just for the sake of mitigating urban noise. 100 km may be a bit far, though. I suppose one reason to classify it as assisted is that in SO2V opera
[pjd] While I'm in favor of remote receive-only, the fact remains that it is not acceptable and anybody submitting such a contact is breaking the rule, thus rendering those QSOs invalid for DXCC cred
But there is an important difference of magnitude that you refuse to acknowledge -- from W1/2/3/4, there are FAR more countries, and far more active hams within 3,000 or 4,000 miles than there are fr
Only in advertising blurbs. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
Dave, You have obviously never tried this. I am able to do SO2R partially with my beverage on site. Having a remote receiver 100km away or even 5km away would provide for full SO2R while transmitting
Hi Scott: I do SO2R in the CQ 160 test, unassisted. This is completely legsl in this conyrst for a single operator. I am not in favor of allowing remote receivers in single operator categories. It is
I think that the rule has some merit for the people who need it. As long as it stays out of the unassisted categories, its fine with me. Others who compete assisted may have a different opinion. I do
The skimmer spots aren't of much use if you can't hear the stations. In any case, I think remote receivers should be limited to assisted categories, in spite of the fact that I'm usually unassisted.
.... Then why do we have a referee at each WRTC team location? We all know there are top notch - best of the best - contesters. Do we suspect some of them (or all) may cheat? 73, Yuri VE3DZ _________
Oh, so discrepancies are allowed sometimes? When? And what kind? If someone participates in Contest where High Power limit is 1500 km, but in order to work a new country for DXCC award (which by coi
Yes, Bob, you got it! This is what is being promoted as a future of HAM Radio. All you have to do now is to own a computer and save some $$$ to pay for the remote access to one of the "big stations"