Topband: Foreign stns using NA remotes for K1N

[Tom W8JI]

> Dave - you are correct. That very statement was rather boldly made by a
> prominent 160 meter person right here.

That was me. It was a statement of fact.

RHR requires a log in name, password, and they watch IPs. After some early 
abuse, they started checking to be sure the name and password come from the 
same IP or IP pool as the user name and password combo. When it is a foreign 
user, of which there are a limited number, the traffic is watched.

It is highly unlikely someone used RHR, unless Dave knows of some flaw in 
the system. If Dave does, or if you do Joel, you should do something 
constructive and point out the flaw.

>At the time I thought about
> throwing the flag on that one but decided, then, not to. I know the remote
> folks can track ISP addresses of those connected but do not know how they
> can verify a station outside the country where the remote is located is
> identifying correctly and lawfully.
>

RHR is getting the heat here when, factually, Dave probably hasn't the 
faintest idea who or what was being used and/or where the station was coming 
from.

This is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Someone makes a doomsday prediction. 
Hearing something funny, the conclusion is it had to be via RHR. Then Joel 
decides if Dave said it, it must be right. W8JI has to be wrong, because 
Dave knows more about RHR procedures and can monitor the system better then 
Tom can, looking at site operation data.

:-)

We are not only so clairvoyant as a group that we know everything that 
happened with ZM enough to publically lynch him, we now are such experts on 
remote radio we know what system it came from.


> So, I'll make a bold statement here....The remote folks don't care and
> will not control it as long as the $$$$ are flowing in. Money talks and
> the rules can go to hell.

What a bizarre statement!

> Am I wrong?? Then prove me wrong and let's see some hammering down on this
> by the remote folks.

Unfortunately, no one can correct what is in someone else's imagination or 
opinion. Facts will never overcome good old fashioned emotional-driven 
opinions.

73 Tom