[CQ-Contest] Remote op & Who is this guy, really?

[Drew Vonada-Smith]

Dale,

 
Thanks for the post!  I don't think that a unique category addresses all concerns of remote operation, but I certainly agree that it is a reasonable step, just as assisted categories were.  It will probably end up being the best compromise to change that is inevitable.

 
73,
Drew K3PA
 
-----Original message-----
From:Dale Putnam <daleputnam at hotmail.com>
Sent:Thu 11-05-2015 08:34 am
Subject:RE: [CQ-Contest] Remote op & Who is this guy, really?
To:Drew Vonada-Smith <drew at whisperingwoods.org>; cq-contest at contesting.com; 
 
Simple answer.. IF the operation is a remote controlled op.. NOT within the commonly ascribed to 1000 ft circle type of restriction.. but more distant.. then that should simply be a new class of op.. NOT the same as any other op or station.. it isn't a home station in a remote location, where work can be accomplished any time available.. it isn't a "visited only for the contest" so a FD type op occurs.. it IS.. A REMOTE op.. supported by commercial communications companies, to allow the remote op. that makes it a very very very long speaker and key/paddle line. And THAT deserves a new class. Simple answer.. remote stations stand on their own.. compete with their own.. can be compared with ?? and the QSL card.. can be used by the rx'er.. as needed. Simple.

Have a great day, 
 
 
--... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy