[CQ-Contest] Operating IOTA Contest Remotely

[Stan Zawrotny]

Consider the ramifications of allowing remotes to all -OTAs, not just
IOTAs.

Someone could place a solar powered radio on a rare mountain peak and
others could sit in the comfort of their chairs and claim SOTA. Hmmmm.

Maybe there is logic to all the OTAs requiring a transmitter and operator
onsite.
__________
Stan, K4SBZ





On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 7:35 PM Bill Mader <billamader at gmail.com> wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 16:58:48 +0100
> From: Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com>
> Message-ID: <7a261aac-f94a-68f1-3aaa-dba0e933f0f1 at ei5di.com>
> On 26/07/2023 18:40, Jim Brown K9YC wrote:
> >
> >> If Jeff and John would like to activate a rare island, they should go
> >> there - that's what self-respecting ham-radio contesters and DXers do.
> >
> > You don't read and retain well. They would have activated an island
> > that is not rare.
>
> In the IOTA Contest, any island station that is a multiplier is, by
> definition, rare.
>
> > When's the last time you traveled to activate anything?? I did so
> > twice in the last year.
>
> I suppose that activating rare counties in CQP is worth a mention, but
> perhaps not :-)
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
> "Rare," like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.  Yes, some of us enjoy
> chasing and activating rare counties.  Others don't.  That doesn't make
> either wrong.  Do whichever you prefer.
>
> In Paul's eye, advancing technology is bad for ham radio, at least more
> advanced that which he uses.  That is his opinion, perhaps one not shared
> by many of the rest of us.
>
> IOTA confirmations are a PITA from my perspective, and apparently from
> others'.  It seems to me (opinion) that the idea is to have one's signal
> heard on the island and to hear that island's transmitter in one's
> receiver.  I don't understand why, in 2023, how long the "cord" is between
> the mic/key/keyboard and the rig really matters AS LONG AS one doesn't pick
> multiple remote locations to shop for improved propagation.  For some, this
> is the only way they can work HF.
>
> Sadly, Jeff won't participate by using a remote station.  Maybe that
> multiplier won't be available this year.  That is the sponsors' choice.  I
> think and wish they would make a better choice.
>
> 73, Bill Mader, K8TE
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