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
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gerry Hull
> Sent: March 16, 2007 15:20
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Remote Site Contesting Rules
>
> 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 super-station in MA or ME and
> remotes it from Southern California,
> people will complain that it is unfair. Yes, it's unfair
> that the W6 can
> spend the, let's say, $100K, to
> build the remote station and others cannot. People complain
> and fight pushing the state-of-the-art due to jealousy or to
> stay competitive with their own status quo.
>
> Let's take a real-world situation:
>
> Jeff, K1ZM, has built a world-class station in PEI; if Jeff
> decides he does not want to drive/fly to PEI for a contest,
> and he had installed remote-control capabilities at his VY2ZM
> QTH, would he be cheating/have an unfair advantage by
> controlling the station from NY? I think not. VY2ZM would
> still be a Canadian entry.
>
> (Knowing Jeff, he'll probably never do remote)
>
> Technology is going to allow us to do things in Amateur Radio
> that have
> never been done before. Why not remote DXPeditions? I can
> imagine a
> permanent, remote ham station on CY0 or CY9, sponsored by
> some ham club,
> that has security-controlled remote access over the internet.
> What would
> be wrong with that? How about using a Caribbean QTH for a
> non-major
> contest? How about giving a physically-challenged ham, who
> cannot travel, the thrill of operating from a hot DXpedition location?
>
> Some will say that remote access will encourage cheating, by using an
> additional receiver on the local end of the control link.
> Well, that is
> entirely possible. However, like most rules in ham radio
> contesting, we
> operate by the honor system. Cheaters are going to cheat no
> matter the
> technology.
>
> 73.
>
> --
> Gerry, W1VE/VE1RM
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