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Re: [CQ-Contest] RDXC updated FAQ - Remote operation

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RDXC updated FAQ - Remote operation
From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:51:13 -0600
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Maybe someone will put one on Peter I and Bouvet, too.

And who is going to run to all these places to repair the equipment
when it fails? Getting to Peter I is no easy task.
:-)

73, Zack W9SZ


On 2/28/11, Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
> A bit over dramatic Doug?
>
> Here are the ARRL DXCC rules.
>
> *9. All stations must be contacted*from the same DXCC entity. The
> location of any station shall be defined as the location of the
> transmitter. For the purposes of this award, remote operating points
> must be located within the same DXCC entity as the transmitter and
> receiver.
>
> It doesn't say anything about one move.........
>
> Good luck with the plan to put remote stations in every entity.  That
> would be more of a challenge than attaining Honor roll ever would be.
> BS7, P5, Mt. Athos, KP1, KP5......
>
> Maybe everyone should tear down their stacks and run QRP into wet
> noodles too.
>
> W0MU
>
>
>
> On 2/28/2011 4:44 PM, Doug Renwick wrote:
>> You guys are giving me so many reasons to take my top of the honour role
>> certificate and burn it.  It was bad enough when the ARRL allowed one to
>> move from one side of the country to the other and still keep the
>> countries/entities without starting over.  Now we are going to put remote
>> stations in every country/entity.  Traditional DXpeditioning will be just
>> a
>> memory.
>> The challenge will be gone!  It's also called 'dumbing down'.  Welcome to
>> the new world of entitlement where everyone wins a gold medal.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> All this talk of remote operating has got me all fired up. I have remote
>> capability from my house to the shack with a fast connection. I'm going to
>> try it in a cw contest with my K3 and amp. I'll remote my skimmer too so I
>> can see what's going on.  Extending my shack to anywhere I want, setting
>> up
>> and using complimentary technology, coping with latency (not too much I
>> guess?), all done with feet up in my cosy warm house. It's Just another
>> category. What's not to like?
>> Cheers,
>>   Terry
>> G4MKP
>>
>>
>> Remote contesting. The 500 m diameter rule.... I don't see the
>> correlation.
>> What do the op has to do with the antennas being hooked up to the
>> transmitter(s) and located within an imaginary 500 m diameter circle?
>> The op can be touching the radio, a few feet away on the couch or taking a
>> bio break with wireless keyboard and headset or even thousand miles away.
>> It
>> doesn't make a difference, as long as he/she reports he was operating a
>> station somewhere else.
>>
>> What IS indeed wrong, is when someone is claiming to be operating from a
>> given location but actually he/she has remote RX or remote TRX to take un
>> unfair advantage over the others. But that,  is a completely different
>> story.
>>
>> Just my opinion.
>>
>>   Martin, LU5DX
>>
>>
>>
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