[CQ-Contest] Contesting using remote stations

[Zack Widup]

I always thought the below was poorly worded.  Isn't it kind of hard to 
get a signal in and out if the antennas aren't connected by wires to the 
transmitters and receivers?

The wording does not indicate anything about where the entrant is located.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Colleen Brakob wrote:

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>>>> All antennas used by the entrant
>>>> must be physically connected by wires to
>>>> the transmitters and receivers used by the
>>>> entrant.
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>> Okay, now this might seem to be a "DUH" moment, but what are they
>> trying to say here? Keeping in mind that this rule was almost
>> certainly written before the concept of having a station at some site
>> that is unattended, and controlled via the internet, it looks like
>> they want the entrant AT the station.
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> You and Diana Moon Glompers, the Handicapper General, might feel that way
> but I don't.
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> The rule snippet talks only about >antennas< connected by wires to >the
> transmitters and receivers< .  It doesn't even hint at connected to the
>> operator< by wires.
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> FCC rules for at least the past 50 years that I've been interested in them
> (part 12 and now part 97) contain language regarding remotely controlled
> stations, and in that time I don't recall any contest sponsor prohibiting
> their use.  That speaks volumes to me!
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> 73, de Hans, K0HB/W7
> "Just a boy and his radios."
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