This is a very interesting discussion. If one follows the 500-meter-circle rule, remote operation has always been allowed. Rich, N5ZC, has been doing it for quite a while. When, say, a W6 builds a su
I think we're missing a small but key piece of information in this discussion: Intent, or, WHY do you want to have a remote receiver or station? If your intention is to operate in the event when you
Why do all "technological innovations", "enhancements", "technical progess", and "new technologies" have to be so hideously expensive? Somewhere along the line we have to admit that it's going to be
This probably should be something for the contest committee to address. Due to politics and technology, contesting is changing. This is inevitable. Nevertheless, there are more fundamental questions
Perhaps someone has already noted this: Since the technology is available, remote stations for M/M, M2, and M/S operations and remote receivers for all of us are readily available...Cost would not be
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:24:22 -0000
And thus concludes the demise of amateur radio. Guys, this isn't what I studied to get my ticket for. Count me out. 73 -- Paul VO1HE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
Hi Mike: I hope that no one is doing this (remote receivers) in the ARRL contests or the CQWW/CQ WXP, where it is against the rules. Using remote receive sites would be a HUGE advantage. I think that
On the one hand - I agree with you Paul, it isn't exactly what I signed on for. Yet, on the other hand, if it takes cheating to motivate for the advancement of technology... the when it gets to be po
Hi Dave, I would say: "Due to politics, contesting is stagnant. Technology is trying to evolve contesting. This is inevitable", but that is a matter of opinion. Nevertheless, there are more fundament
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:32:21 -0000
No offense, Gerry, but you can't be serious! I have no problem with people "thinking outside the box" when it comes to improving technology to make things better. The SteppIR antenna is a case in po
No offense, Gerry, but you can't be serious! I have no problem with people "thinking outside the box" when it comes to improving technology to make things better. The SteppIR antenna is a case in poi
I really think we also need to plan on what Dennis, K2SX/4, described as "Distributed Contesting" operations to be a future category (or at least make provisions for this and nail down the ground rul
Me, neither. Quite a few of us will never be able to afford something like even an Orion VI until they're at least two decades old. I'm just now able to afford a 20-yr-old TS680S, which I THOUGHT wou
It's easy - wired networks (even with RF links) are not amateur radio. They're often called the internet. Others may call them something else, perhaps amateur remote control or amateur networking, bu
Gerry, You may be somewhat mistaken about the Omni VII; either that, or I misunderstand you. You say that the "remote control" is via computer, leaving me with the impression that you think it is con
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:25:05 -0000
Hi Gerry, thanks for the reply. My question is: How much of your proposal DOES pertain to radio? This idea merely extends the wires that go from the guts of the rig to the control panel using the In
Author: "Professional Home Inspections" <mackanos@rpa.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:10:49 -0400
I am contesting, right now as I type this with my remote station. I am using my station, which is now 1 1/2 miles from the main road in NNY and the road is totally closed due to snow and ice. Should
K2DB, I don?t know the rules of the BARTG contest. But, on principle, I say that yes -- you should have to walk, swim, levitate, fly, or whatever to operate from your station. There are some physical
This is my opinion FWIW. You can operate a single station from somewhere else and it's fine with me. If you can arrange to put a station in some place like EA9 or OH0, license it and then sit in the
You can do this now (to an extent depending upon areas of interest) via: http://www.dxtuners.com . When I could only hear the recent 1A4A operation about 229 in my "Black Hole To Europe" location on