Unfortunately PJ2T can't have an unmanned remote station in Curacao because of
the regulations governing remote operating. If the regulations were like they
are in Bonaire they probably would've been on the air remotely during COVID-19
like PJ4A was. They have many amateur radio locals in Curacao which would've
helped them keep it running.JeffSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Ray Higgins <ray.w2re@gmail.com> Date:
3/18/21 8:11 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com> Cc:
cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX Multi-Distributed Let’s
just say PJ2T experimented. It’s not difficult to keep an unmanned station on
the air if well engineered. HH2AA is the perfect example, nobody had been to
the site since we implemented a Flex 6600 almost a year ago. This site is on
solar power and has been active since 2014. We’ve made two trips during that
time to upgrade the station. Here is the location from a GoPro strapped to my
hard hat: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bV6l8JsXKCI&t=From this post we now
have a few more ops on the WPX team including two WRTC competitors. Having
experienced ops on the team with youths will make for an epic event.Ray W2RE
Sent from my iPhoneOn Mar 16, 2021, at 2:34 PM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com>
wrote:Ray,No disrespect to all my good friends at PJ2T but they're hardly
pushing the envelope remotely. I think the 2021 ARRL DX CW was the first
contest they ever did remotely as a multi-op. In the past KB7Q and K8ND have
done some off and on remote operating when the owner was on site. I don't even
know if they have the ability to switch antennas remotely. Plus the station
owner W0CG was onsite during ARRL DX CW to fix any problems that might occur.
The regulations for Curacao require someone to be on-site.In contrast K4BAI ,
W1MD ,myself and others have been operating the station owned by K2NG/PJ4G in
Bonaire and built by WW4LL and W9SN of Beloud.Us since early 2020. In Bonaire
there are no regulations requiring someone to be onsite when operating
remotely. There is no one in Bonaire to fix any problems onsite other than a
handyman employed by the owner who can check things out and do simple tasks
with step by step instructions from the owner or WW4LL. The last six months
have been a real challenge because there are some technical issues to resolve
and no one has been able to travel to Bonaire for over a year to address them.
It wouldn't be a stretch for me to say that we've faced a lot more challenges
than any of the stations that you listed that are operated remotely. Hopefully
these issues will be fixed by the Summer of this year when someone can travel
to PJ4.Jeff KU8E / PJ4A TeamOn 3/16/2021 10:45 AM, Ray Higgins (W2RE) wrote:WPX
Multi-DistributedI would like to thank the WPX committee for adding this new
and exciting category. It's basically a M/M with larger boundaries (Zone).First
of all it gets new people involved in M/M. We invited 10 youths to join our
team - they range from 14 to 22 years old from the USA and abroad. We had way
more than 10 requests from youths but we promised to allow the others access to
contesting in other ways under the RHR Youth program. The RHR youth program is
growing - just last month 22 Turkish youths passed their FCC exam to join the
system. It's just not a USA thing anymore. We have stations being implemented
in EU, Caribbean and USA on a dedicated youth network just for them. We will
get more activity in contesting by mentoring and granting access to youths
around the world! Its actually exciting times right now in the hobby! We just
need to use the tools to reach them, both the RHR youth network and streaming
has been very effective.We have been very busy busy building out the logger and
the lockout in the cloud for this event. Here is how the lockout works within
the console: https://youtu.be/1Rj9pSip1EE <https://youtu.be/1Rj9pSip1EE>Here is
an example how two stations can be on same frequency interlacing
QSO’s:https://youtu.be/nUxk6DUibMc?t=96We currently have 10 youths + 11 other
operators on the team consisting of eight countries. Everyone has FCC call
sign. We would like to invite a few others to participate with us that have
experience running 200/hr and don't mind mentoring youths. We will use SLACK to
communicate during the event. Please send mail to support@remotehamradio.com If
you meet the FCC license requirement and an experienced SSB operator.Some of
these youths are pretty darn good operators, so we expect not only to have fun
but to have a big score if bands cooperate. We do this for fun! Its why we like
new and exciting things like the M/M distributed.Lastly, I appreciate all the
support from the contest community the past few years with remote operations.
Im excited when I see stations like W2FU, K1IR, N7DX, K1TTT, K0RF, WD6T, PJ2T,
HP3SS, K3JO, N2QV, N5DX, N2IC, ZF5T, FY5KE, V31MA, ED1R, N2NT, KM7W, N6MJ,
NR3X, KU1CW, HH2AA, ZF1A, N6MJ, CR6K, NR6O, W1UE and many many more pushing
the envelope remote.I'm very very PLEASED to see the WPX committee implementing
big and bold ideas. This is exactly what we need in this hobby to make it
exciting for the next generation.Ray
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