On Wed,2/25/2015 3:26 PM, john wrote:
are actually physically there--they are not in my opinion , hired
guns, that description is unnecessarily unkind and incorrect , in my
opinion, they are operating radio(s) on site..on site being the key
I appreciate the efforts of w3lpl's et al stations and their
efforts... Other than you having an apparent issue with big gun
stations and club , the (your), problem is????
I have no problem at all with it -- indeed, I have participated in
several multi-multi and multi-two operations. It's a lot of fun. I'm
simply pointing out that K4VV is no more and no less than another of
those "team" stations. My own station is pretty decent, and can be set
up for two operators in Multi-Single or Multi-Two, and I occasionally
entertain guest operators.
for the record I am about as far from being a big gun station as you
could get..
I guess it is up to each of us to decide what is right and ethical
, but for me, until I am slapped into a nursing home,,, Ill take the
on site,(real radio) , every time...guess it is personal choices
Over the last ten years or so, I've done a lot of research, and
published a lot of it, about RFI, -- all the RF noise on the ham bands
that makes life miserable for guys in most neighborhoods. 10dB over S9
noise is common in a lot of places. And for at least that long, I've
been reading tales of woe from guys whose CC&R deed restrictions
prohibit them from putting up antennas on their own property! San
Francisco is a city of more than a half million, yet there are virtually
no HF ham stations within the city. Chicago, a city of more than 3
million, had only four guys (including me) active on HF when I moved
from there in 2006, and our stations were quite modest.
I think you, and a lot of others who have wailed and wrung your hands
about this, have very closed minds. What, exactly, is your problem
with those guys, and there are many thousands of them stuck in that
situation, operating a station remotely? Should they be relegated to
shack on a belt operation on the local repeater?
What I DO strongly object to are contest scoring rules for virtually
major DX contests that give a 20:1 advantage to the good old boys
gathered around the Atlantic basin.
73, Jim K9YC
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