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Re: [CQ-Contest] Field Day SO2R

To: Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>, CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Field Day SO2R
From: Gerry Hull <gerry@yccc.org>
Reply-to: w1ve@yccc.org
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:12:58 -0400
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Nope, I got a club call, so J would not have to do with the QSLs.  VY1AAA
will be used for the remote ops from J's station.

74, Gerry W1VE

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
wrote:

> VY1AAA?  I thought J was VY1JA.  Did he change calls, or did you obtain
> your own VY1 call for the op?
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
> On 06/19/15, Gerry Hull wrote:
>
> Well, I won't be doing SO2R, but I am doing something "on the edge". FD is
> a great time to show people new things.
>
> At our field day, K1BKE (K1B this year), we will be running 4A in NH. I'll
> be doing 40 CW.
>
> However, I'll additionally be running 1A as VY1AAA -- via remote.. J has a
> 6KW generator, and we will have temp antennas in Whitehorse, NT... but I'll
> be controlling all that from the FD site in NH, via 4G LTE.
>
> Is this ham radio? Absolutely. Does it have a practical application?
> Absolutely. Imagine a situation where there is a natural disaster.
> Somewhere close to the scene, there is some method of internet access. An
> EMCOM op could remote into a large station anywhere and provide WorldWide
> communications for the effort. Over a very small internet link (which
> could be an HSMM mesh network for part of the run).
>
> Besides the practical application, it will give other ops the opportunity
> to experience operating from the far north.
>
> See ya in FD!
>
> 73, Gerry W1VE
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How about, in
> this-contest-which-looks-like-a-contest-but-isn't-a-contest,
> > we set up a new space called "Rogues Corner" where Amateur Radio guys
> > (remember them) could try wild and crazy crap that would get them a
> > lifetime DQ in the Professional Contesting Circuit?
> >
> >
> > "Everything not specifically prohibited is mandatory", or "Advancing the
> > state of the radio art".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "We put the AMATEUR back in Amateur Radio"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 73, de Hans, K0HB
> >
> > "Grand Exalted Liberator of the Fumes of Solder"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > —
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, Jun 17, 2015 at 14:52, ve4xt@mymts.net <ve4xt@mymts.net>,
> > wrote:
> > The rule as quoted does specifically refer to two operators using two
> > transmitters, so it does not rule out SO2R.
> >
> >
> > Besides, if all someone is interested in is getting on and operating, the
> > only rules that matter are the laws of that person's country. The
> presence
> > of any operating event, be it Field Day or WW, only imposes rules upon
> > those who enter by submitting logs.
> >
> >
> > And since the results of Field Day depend on more than maximizing QSOs
> > (you get points for publicity, for satellite contacts, for operating a
> GOTA
> > station, for copying the special FD bulletin, etc.), it really is just
> > about operating, promoting ham radio and fostering goodwill.
> >
> >
> > Perhaps we could get back to the "goodwill" part?
> >
> >
> > 73, Kelly
> >
> > ve4xt
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