[CQ-Contest] SO2R REMOTE CONTESTING

[K7LXC at aol.com]

You didn't ask for it, but here is my 2 cents worth  anyway.
 
    It seems to me that the purpose of a ham radio  contest is to contact 
other stations at other locations - that other signal  emanating from somewhere 
else. That emanating signal doesn't really have  anything to do with where the 
operator is sitting as long as his signal comes  from where it's supposed to 
to count for contest credit. 
 
    I think remote stations are a brilliant solution to  many problems; e.g. 
you don't have to miss your anniversary every year because  it falls during 
the CQWW weekend, you don't have to worry about the  neighbor and legal hassles 
involved in building a station in your highly  CC&R'ed backyard, you can be a 
rate multiplier and never leave home, you can  get away from the high noise 
level in your city lot, you live in a condo, etc. 
 
    I guess I didn't realize that there were so many  curmudgeons out there 
that don't like it. 
 
Cheers,
Steve      K7LXC



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