[CQ-Contest] Station Inspections

[Julius Fazekas]

How would one go about inspecting a remote operated station?

Do you have an idea of how many folks watch your live camera action now David?

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html

Tennessee QSO Party: Sunday, 6 Sept 2009
http://www.tnqp.org/

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--- On Thu, 8/13/09, K1TTT <K1TTT at ARRL.NET> wrote:

> From: K1TTT <K1TTT at ARRL.NET>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Station Inspections
> To: "'CQ-Contest'" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
> Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 6:30 PM
> I say great, let them inspect... or
> watch on my webcams that are already
> running if they want.  But I'm sure its not stations
> that come in routinely
> in the middle of the pack they will be looking at. 
> I'm just wondering how
> they are going to pay for the visits and who is going to
> take time out from
> contesting to go do them.
> 
> 
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dick Green WC1M [mailto:wc1m73 at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 20:32
> > To: 'Barry'; CQ-Contest
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Station Inspections
> > 
> > I won't comment on the merits of the rule, but I'd
> like to point out that
> > many participants consider contesting much, much more
> than a hobby.
> > 
> > There may not be big prizes and millions in
> endorsements, but a *lot* of
> > money gets spent on contest stations. It's easily tens
> of millions of
> > dollars worldwide, especially when you consider land
> costs. Some of the
> > top
> > contending stations have cost well over $100,000 to
> build, and some have
> > even cost hundreds of thousands.
> > 
> > You can add to the dollar cost many thousands of
> man-hours to design,
> > build
> > and maintain the stations, as well as the time spent
> operating and
> > learning
> > how to operate better. And some of those hours, on the
> tower or in the
> > chair, are very strenuous indeed.
> > 
> > Many of our fellow contesters have pursued this
> passion for decades, since
> > they were teenagers or younger, pouring enormous
> amounts of financial,
> > physical, mental, intellectual and emotional resources
> into the quest.
> > These
> > people care very deeply about the results and even
> more deeply about
> > fairness of the game.
> > 
> > There may be reasons why CQ shouldn't use inspectors
> or DQ people for 5
> > years for failing to cooperate, but contesting not
> being important enough
> > to
> > deserve the scrutiny isn't one of them.
> > 
> > 73, Dick WC1M
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Barry [mailto:w2up at comcast.net]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:51 AM
> > > To: CQ-Contest
> > > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Station Inspections
> > >
> > > <sarcasm>Inspections are essential. 
> After all, the stakes are very
> > > high.  Big prizes, millions in endorsements,
> picture on a Wheaties
> > > box...</sarcasm>
> > > Barry W2UP
> > >
> > > K0HB wrote:
> > > > It's come to this.  Below is an excerpt
> from CQWW 2009 rules posted at
> > > > http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WWDXContestRules%20200973109.pdf
> > > >
> > > >    "A competitor contacted by the
> CQ
> > > >     WW Contest
> Commmittee prior to the
> > > >     contest must agree
> to a scheduled visitation
> > > >     by a representative
> of the CQ
> > > >     WW CC during the
> contest. Failure of
> > > >     the entrant to
> respond to our correspondence
> > > >     or to allow an
> observer full
> > > >     access to the
> contest QTH will result in
> > > >     the entrant's call
> being removed from
> > > >     award eligibility
> for 5 years."
> > > >
> > > > 73, de Hans, K0HB
> > > > Sea stories here ---> http://k0hb.spaces.live.com/
> > > > Search my log at ---> http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?k0hb
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > Barry Kutner, W2UP       
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