[TenTec] Remote rig operations

[RaySoifer at cs.com]

It doesn't affect me personally, because I don't have any CC&Rs governing 
antennas, but around 90% of our radio club members here in Green Valley, AZ, do 
live in antenna-restricted subdivisions.    

Our club, which has over 100 licensed members, has a fairly good club station 
(Yaesu Mk V, 3-el Steppir, 40/80 dipoles, linear) but it is located in a 
building that is only open during Mon-Fri business hours (for security reasons) 
except by special arrangement.  So, we are in the process of setting up a remote 
control facility through which any properly-licensed club member with a 
high-speed internet connection can operate the club station from home.  It's now 
working in prototype and should be rolled out to the members in a month or two.  
At first, its capability will be limited to voice operation only, with the 
Steppir but without the linear, but that's a whole lot better than most of the 
members could do without it.

I bring this up only to note that hams find themselves in a wide variety of 
situations, and it'll be great to see the increase in activity that should 
result from systems such as this even though I won't need it myself.

73,

Ray W2RS