Hal Offutt asked
>> Why does it matter where the operator is?
Joe Subich, W4TV answered
> The operator is an integral part of the station and without the
> operator ... there is no contact.
I'm with Joe on this one.
Why not compare a telephone call to a QSO.
Everyone accepts that a telephone call is a person-to-person
event. In the same way, a QSO is person-to-person event,
with amateur-band RF as the medium. I maintain that QSOs
are diminished to the extent that the path between the
operators is anything other than RF.
For practical purposes, there has to be a "wired" path at
each end of a QSO - from the antenna to the operator.
It seems to me that the current 500-metre "standard" for
contesting hardware is big enough to include operators.
73,
Paul EI5DI
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