[CQ-Contest] Contesting using remote stations

[ve4xt at mts.net]

> 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. 

Why is the ability to build bigger and better antennas when you can live at or travel to the site a fair 
advantage and the ability to build the same antennas when you can only travel there virtually unfair?

I simply see no bone of contention with remote operation at all, provided:
1. The operator claims the point of origin of the RF as the location (so that a W0 can't use a station in 
Maine and pretend to still be a W0).
2. The point of origin of RF is the ONLY site for reception or transmission of RF. (So that a station in 
California remoting to a station in Maine can't use a local receiver to help him hear Asia.)

The only possible explanations I can see for those complaining about remote stations is envy or turf 
protection or both. Contesting isn't, and shouldn't be, just about those with the means or life 
circumstances that permit rural acreages. It sounds kind of petty: "Well, if I had to spend $400k and 
give up my city job to move here to contest, than dammit, so does the other guy."

73, kelly
ve4xt