> So, you're grievance is not so much with remote stations as
> with QTH envy? I guess you are against guest operators at
> bigger/better located stations than their own, too?
No, I don't have "QTH envy" nor do I have anything against
guest operators who actually travel to the station they are
operating. I do oppose stations in a location where the
operator is not present. I would be as much against "guest
operators by internet" - situations where a local in a DX
QTH rents his station (and call) during a DX Contest to someone
in the US/EU who is NOT LICENSED in the DX location and NEVER
BEEN in the DX location.
Such "DXpedition by wire" operations really bother me; I could
even make a case that they are not legal because the operator
is not licensed to operate in that country or the presence of
a "control operator" makes such operations "multi-operator"
at the minimum (or illegal third party communications).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth E. Harker [mailto:kenharker@kenharker.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 2:45 PM
> To: Joe Subich, W4TV
> Cc: 'Michael Coslo'; 'cq-contest reflector'
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contesting using remote stations
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:58:27AM -0400, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> >
> > > Exactly what are the "unfair" advantages of a remote station? It
> > > seems to me that there might be some significant
> *disadvantages* to
> > > remote contest operation.
> >
> > The "unfair" advantages are: 1) the ability to build antennas that
> > that would not be available in normal residential areas, 2) the
> > ability to operate from geographically advantaged locations (e.g.,
> > rare zone, country, section) without being a resident or travel,
> > 3) the ability (although not legally) to use multiple receive
> > locations.
>
> So, you're grievance is not so much with remote stations as
> with QTH envy? I guess you are against guest operators at
> bigger/better located stations
> than their own, too?
>
> --
> Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
> kenharker@kenharker.com
> http://www.kenharker.com/
>
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