[SEDXC] REMOTE OPERATION

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > Being able to use remote stations on both coast of
 > the USA does not seem fair in regard to award chasing.

I agree with you there.  For example, CQ DX Marathon prohibits
the use of remote stations for that program.

 > My thoughts are to bring a mileage limit back in for remote and
 > fixed.  Say 250 miles from your FCC station address.

The WAS program has a 25 mile radius ("Contacts must be made from
the same location, or from locations no two of which are more than
50 miles apart"), and VUCC is a 100 km radius ("For VUCC awards on
50 through 1296 MHz and Satellite, all contacts must be made from
locations no more than 200 km apart.").

 > My thoughts are to bring a mileage limit back in for remote and
 > fixed.  Say 250 miles from your FCC station address.

I would rather see something that prohibits "remote shopping" ...
perhaps replacing the third sentence of Rule 9 with: "For the purposes 
of this rule, the transmitter may not be located more than 40 km (25
miles) from the operator's licensed location unless the operator is
present at the transmitter.  All transmitters and receivers must be
contained within a 100 meter (328 foot) diameter circle."

This allows for mobile operation, for someone to "borrow" a station if
they are out of town on business during a short DXpedition, or operate
*their own [home] station* remotely - say a resident of Minnesota who
spends 6 months a year in Florida.  It does prevent someone from using
a remote station in Washington/Oregon for working the Pacific/Asia, a
remote station in Maine for working Europe/Middle-East and a remote
station in South Florida for working South America/South Africa in a
short period of time ... or from using internet receivers anywhere in
the world.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 11/6/2013 9:41 AM, Mike Greenway wrote:
> Seems the subject of remote stations keeps coming up in regard to
> DXCC and other awards .  I wrote K4MQG, our DXAC rep for this area,
> about my thoughts and he said they were drafting something to submit
> to ARRL.  At one time there were some mileage rules with DXCC but
> with everyone moving around they dropped that requirement and now you
> only have to be in the country you are licensed for a QSO to be
> accepted by DXCC.  Being able to use remote stations on both coast of
> the USA does not seem fair in regard to award chasing.
>
> My thoughts are to bring a mileage limit back in for remote and
> fixed.  Say 250 miles from your FCC station address. I am not
> particular on this limit, could be less or more but not 2,500 miles
> like we have now.  If you move to another QTH area and change your
> FCC address you can still carry what your totals with you but the
> mileage limit would apply to the new address for anything worked
> going forward.  I don’t see where there would be any objections to
> this.  You would always be able to carry your totals with you. For
> VUCC all QSO’s must be within 50 KM.
>
> I am not against remote stations, just ones that gain an unfair
> advantage propagation wise by using remotes all over the USA.
>
> Gary said ARRL did not always accept their proposals so maybe a note
> to K1ZZ might help.
>
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