Ria,
I don't understand why you are focusing so much on M/M? They are a very
small percentage of the entities in just about every DX contest? Do the
rules have to be written to appease them? M/S and M2X are much more
popular. As I stated in a previous message it's really easy to setup a
remote to one station location. Having one call sign at multiple
locations is too confusing especially if the are sending separate QTH's
in their exchange. Plus it's not fair to those who don't operate at
multiple locations because they usually have to deal with some
inter-station interference which would be eliminated at separate locations.
Jeff
On 10/27/2020 06:34 PM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:
Mind you - this is not together with the conventional M/M category. This is
separate. I think this is where the confusion lies.
73
Ria
N2RJ
On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 6:05 PM Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:
On 10/25/2020 7:23 PM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:
By allowing them to stay at home and use the same call, but follow ALL
(every single one) of the existing M/M rules, they can still play.
This defies logic! Operators who have stations can "play" at home using
their own calls, which gives other contesters more stations to work. I
see that as a big plus! What am I missing? It's not the CALL of the
contest station, it's the station, including it's antenna system, and
its operators, that make it competitive.
I've operated at N6RO as part of M/M teams and as part of dozens of FD
and county expedition teams for CQP and 7QP. The fun of doing so is the
in-person camaraderie, learning from others, and, in the case of the
expeditions, setting up and tearing down the stations, NONE of which
happens under this rule change.
The N6RO team has spent the last six months reconfigured itself to
operate M/M remotely. More of the true spirit of ham radio,
station-building and learning new stuff to meet new challenges. FAR
better than driving several hundred miles to box-top operate a station
that someone else built!
73, Jim K9YC
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