[CQ-Contest] Remote Base

[MikeR]

Course the FCC regs don't have a lot of sway outside the U.S.......
Mike, NF4L

Cooper, Stewart wrote:

>Right. It's where the RF comes from that defines the station 'location', not where the op is sitting!
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>[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Dale Putnam
>Sent: 22 August 2005 01:28
>To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Remote Base
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>It seems to me that this is very neatly addressed in the FCC rules. Station
>location is where the rf will be or is being radiated from, not from where
>the studio or mic or control location might be located. That is usually
>referred to as the control point, and sometimes is the mailing address.
>On this point, the FCC has not wavered.
>  If the amateur contests desire to change reporting for some other reason,
>I wonder how it would be if an operator were to set up remote stations, one
>in each population center in the world, or country, then control them from
>say... Idaho... or the North Pole, and claim that location as the multiplier
>location??? Leaves one to question. And, the only thing stopping it would be
>the expenditure, but we all know that isn't much of a slow down, or deterent
>is it?
>  C U in the next Test....
>--...   ...--
>Dale - WC7S qrp in WY
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>>From: Bruce Horn <bhorn at hornucopia.com>
>>To: "N7MAL" <N7MAL at CITLINK.NET>, <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Remote Base
>>Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 09:26:08 -0700
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>>At 07:02 AM 8/21/2005, N7MAL wrote:
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>>>Saturday a friend of mine gave out some points in NAQP.  He was in a
>>>      
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>>state
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>>>different from the transmitter location. He was on an internet remote
>>>base. What should he have used for his state? I read and re-read the
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>>rules
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>>>and didn't see it defined.
>>>      
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>>The location of the transmitter. This will be addressed in 2006 revised
>>rules.
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>>73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)
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