On 9/19/2012 1:17 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
Talk about DXCC fairness -- it's FAR easier to work DXCC with a modest
station anywhere around the Atlantic, or within 1000 km of it, than it
is from the Pacific. I've got a very nice antenna farm and have taken
the time to become a competitive contester, but I am almost never able
to work DXCC in a weekend contest, all bands combined. But guys on the
east coast consider it trivially easy. The difference is especially
striking on Topband -- there are often openings from EU to eastern NA,
whereas we might HEAR a dozen signals a YEAR out here in California.
It took me four years to work 100 countries on 160, and two years
later I'm at 125. I haven't heard EU for two years.
73, Jim K9YC
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Jim,
Hold on as help is on the way. With the new remote control interfaces
like Remote Rig and Icom's RS-BAS1 there is no need to be in a bad
location as long as you have a good internet connection. Some contests
are changing the rules by including the "Extreme Category" which permits
such operation. The DXCC rules once required you to start over when you
cross state line or call zone boundaries. Now you can be anywhere in
the U.S. and the credits keep piling up. I don't think the ARRL, based
on their pedantic history, will be fast to jump on allowing remote
stations (inside the same country) for DXCC purposes, but it will happen
eventually. More and more of their members are hopelessly trapped in
gate communities, condominiums, and urban settings were participation in
their hobby is just not very satisfying. The ARRL must be flexible if
it wants to serve its membership. I know there are some on this list
who will flame me for the suggestion and some who look down their noses
to people with bad locations and limited lot sizes. But i would like to
share the thrill to someone on the West Coast to have hundreds of
Europeans calling during a good contest opening just asmuch as I would
like to hear what JA's sound like that I never can hear from my
location. I am certain that all of this old way will change with new
technology devoted to remote control via internet now that some of the
bugs are out of the process.
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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