[CQ-Contest] Contesting using remote stations

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> 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 at 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 at kenharker.com
> http://www.kenharker.com/
>