[CQ-Contest] Remote Contest Operation

[C. "Fred" Johnson]

To follow up on Robert, Mike (and other offline) comments:

I was sold on this hobby as being a group of people that pushed 
technology to the limits and invented new ways to do so.. Is remote 
operation an arm of that? Absolutely. If it wasn't for amateur 
ingenuity, would we have PSK31 (which is a fun mode to operate), would 
we have advances in antennas, would we have advances in a lot of modes 
of communication? I remember the first AX25 links to the internet, mind 
you 1200 baud links to (gasp) ISDN networks..

Now, some folks have probably labelled me as "stupid" or whatever. My 
point was on yesterday that hey, remote operators are out there. My "day 
job" requires me to think relentlessly about latency.. I don't really 
have control over direct paths to a remote station, so .... latency is 
out of my hands in that case. But who knows, the next breakthrough may 
just come from someone (possibly in the Ham community) that addresses 
the issue.. THAT (at least what I believe, but I may be wrong) is the 
essence of our hobby.

No, I haven't "gone crazy", as some people (may) have posited; I'm just 
sick and tired of the constant slamming people get for trying to break 
the mold and move forward for the better.

73,
WT2P


On 4/16/13 7:52 PM, Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:
> Paul, your question is a diversion and a cop out.
>
> The 500 meter rule is to contain the RX/TX within this close proximity 
> to each other. That is entirely a different issue than "pseudo amateur 
> QSOs" that use radio links to communicate with the RX/TX bundle at a 
> remote site. You failed to identify the difference I was asking about.
>
> In any case, let's take the 500 meter rule for example and bounce that 
> laser off the same building a mile away. Your RX/TX, tower, antenna, 
> and operator are all sitting within the 500-meter circle, but with an 
> obstructed line-of-sight. Obviously the control link is about 2 miles 
> in length, far exceeding the 500 meter limit. What is the ruling on this?
>
> 73 de bob - KØRC in MN
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On 4/16/2013 6:12 AM, Paul O'Kane wrote:
>> Hello Bob,
>>
>>> Correct me if I'm wrong Paul, but in the scenario detailed in the
>>> message below, where the ham operator is using an amateur-band RF link
>>> between his house and the equipment up on the top of the hill, he will
>>> be logging true Amateur to Amateur QSOs.
>>
>> What purpose does the 500m rule serve?
>>
>> 73,
>> Paul EI5DI
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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