On Thu,2/26/2015 10:41 AM, Charlie wrote:
The serious DX chasers, especially Topband, are faced with a dilemma now.
Anyone who wants to pay the $$ can be at the head of the line for a rare one
by remoting to a world class station, rather than using his own equipment.
Many will elect to do that. I will not be one of them.
Nor will I. I agree entirely with your analysis, Charlie. I view the
use of a remote station far from my QTH for that sort of advantage as
cheating, even though ARRL considers it OK. It is exactly this sort of
abuse that gives remote operation a bad name.
From NorCal, I had not a snowball's chance in hell of working EP6T on
topband -- heck, except for contest stations islands like EA8 and CT3, I
haven't heard EU or AF on topband for several years. I did work them on
one band, I think it was 15M.
73, Jim K9YC
_________________
Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
|