[CQ-Contest] The REAL way remotes are used

[Charles Harpole]

-Early on, "x" years ago, stations could tap into remote receivers all
around the world to hear better in specific geographic areas.
Transmissions were loud enough but clear hearing was the problem-- fixed by
using remote tune-able receivers.  Practice was secret.

-Lately, both transmit and receive were made remote.  This has the obvious
benefit of being closer, louder, hearing better, etc., especially if
switching around to more than one remote station.  You want Europe clear,
dial up a station that produces that;  you want VK, dial up a different
station that wks gud into VK.  Keep secret that you are using your call
sign in places outside of your call sign entity/nation.

-Now, RemoteHamRadio company takes away the secret and provides some
control over practice described just above.

-Immediately, as cited by Glenn, W0GJ, on K1N, somehow-- probably via a
remote station that will be loud to K1N--a loud call gets the K1N op's
attention, but then when the actual contact is made, the transmitted signal
is weaker.  The suggestion is that a remote station is used to get the
partial or whole call sign acknowledged and then the actual contact goes on
from a much less effective station location.   This must be secret, too?

Remotes have overturned old fashioned ham radio to the point, like the
Internet, where anyone can appear to be anywhere with no trace of the
facts.  Seems national borders are obsolete in the new ham radio.

-- 
Charly, HS0ZCW