Was "Remote Site Contesting Rules - Getting out of hand". Paul is right. Amateur radio, and contesting in particular, is a point-to-point (single-point to single-point), personto-person, solely-RF-ba
The problem is all contests CURRENTLY allow this type of QSO! If you are so opposed to the concept, and you found out post-contest that your KH6 QSO was from a remotely-controlled station, would you
Paul #2 replied: You're losing me, Paul #2, when you say point-to-point, in the case of a VE3 remotely using a station in KH6, is his point in Hawaii or Canada? I don't see why this is such a big dea
Paul, While it would be nice to limit technical advances in contesting to retain some reverence for our collective history, time marches on, and what we have to tolerate must change. Imagine if we co
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the idea being put forth is that when you have a remote station located far away, you are working the operator at HIS QTH, not the remote station's location. In the parag
No, No, & No. He is first working a station that is under the control of an operator. If Paul works HC8N, PJ2T or one of the other GREAT Multi stations in a Contest, does he inquire at time of the QS
So anyone who can't be physically located at their transmitter/receiver should just go jump in a lake? At a time when more and more amateurs are shutting down because of noisy environments, noisy HO
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:22:46 -0000
Thanks, Paul. I can live with that. I would even be more lenient in allowing that any remote operation has to be confined to a call area (for contests like SS, it would be confined to areas used as
Author: "Trent and Lorraine Sampson" <vk4ti@sampson.net.au>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:32:31 +1000
By our definitions (VK) the operator holds a Certificate of Proficiency to operate a station. The station is licensed to a location so VK4TI is licensed to my home address but technically can be oper
Paul, "But, like you say, if the object of the exercise is to just talk to people regardless of where they are, then use Echolink, Skype, or the telephone. I got involved with amateur radio to talk t
Paul -- I would be a bit more cautious in construction the geographical constraint. If a guy in NE Ohio uses a station across the state line in Erie PA, that's not nearly as far apart as someone in P
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:47:07 -0000
"We don't care where the op is sitting! In fact, we don't even care if a (human) operator is present. (Computer controlled contest stations HAVE been tried!)." That says it all. From that comment, i
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:45:31 -0000
So you are saying that, if I had a station in Mongolia and a good (perhaps even dedicated, should I have the necessary monetary resources to provide such) Internet link, I could fire it up this week
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:35:28 -0000
If you feel that way then the operator in Ontario is superfluous. A remote station set up to automatically reply to your callsign interogation would suffice would it not? I think I stated my case qu
To continue with my previous example. Working me in KH6 ia all about RF-based point-to-point technology. It couldn't take place without it. That's pretty harsh! Please note that my operating a KH6 st
You exchange contest data with the operator, and maybe get a warm, fuzzy experience if you know the guy, but none of it happens without the equipment (the station) and the location of that station m
This is a spirited conversation! Paul, you're putting words in my mouth. Certainly the idea of a fully automated station capable of working contestants at a credible rate has been brought up before.
[...] These ARE NOT universally help opinions. I am against permitting computer controlled contest stations to compete, for example. These issues are not settled. 73, Mark, KD4D _____________________
Being always behind the top line of technology, I think I'm with Paul, VO1HE on this one... If a lot of guys will start to use remote sites for contesting, I'm afraid I'd rather quit and go fishing.
Yuri, Why? When you contact a station in Aruba in WW, you say to him 59 05 and he says 59 09. That's the extent of your conversation. As long as your signal is actually travelling directly from your