[CQ-Contest] Remote contesting Questions

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Doug,

I am not trying to justify anything.  I am trying to get a better feel 
for why people are adverse to this from a contesting and activity 
standpoint.

Why does the location of the operator bother you?  If am in San Diego it 
is ok to build a remote station in New England which is 3000 miles away 
but If I lived in Texas and built a remote station in Mexico 400 miles 
away it would not?  20 years ago the Internet did not cross the globe.  
People with money set up remote stations and used dedicated phone 
circuits instead.

There is absolutely no fairness in contesting.  Some people have more 
money, time, space, desire, skill, perseverance than the next guy.  To 
say that remote contesting is unfair

So for you remote contesting is ok if the remote station and operator 
are in the same country even though the distance traveled is huge 
compared to say Europe.  Building a remote station in the Caribbean is 
not ok but building a station in the Caribbean and renting it out is.


Mike W0MU

W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net


On 4/12/2012 6:54 AM, Doug Renwick wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Is it ok for me to have a K3/0,  simply a front end that give me every
>> feature on my K3, on my kitchen table and the rest of my equipment in my
>> shack 100 ft away?  If it is ok is it ok if my station were located on
>> in another country?  If not why and what exactly is the difference.
> **** You answered your own question ... the station is in a different
> country.  Traditionally the operator was in the same country as was the
> station.
>> If it is not fair to have a remote station in preferred DX contesting
>> location then why is it fair for people to build and rent out stations
>> at those same locations?  Why would remote operation be unfair?
> **** Those two thoughts are completely unrelated and you try and group them
> together.  Desperate measures to justify your position.  And I repeat;
> traditionally the operator was in the same country/entity as was the
> station.  That made DXing and DXpeditions an exciting adventure.
>
> Doug
>
>> Feel free to add on other pertinent questions.
>>
>> 73
>> -- Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net
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