Topband: Foreign stns using NA remotes for K1N

[Merv Schweigert]

GM OM/YL,
Breaking News:
ARRL Board Okays Changes to DXCC Program

ARRL VOTES ON DXCC and REMOTE RULES
We would like to applaud the ARRL for "seeing the big picture" and 
understanding how important the role of remote technology will play in 
the future of our hobby. The recommended DXAC 200km limit has been 
completely squashed, and the ARRL went one step further. The ARRL has 
lifted the ban on the requirement for a operator to be in the same DXCC 
entity as the transmitter for his QSO's to count! This means that if you 
are traveling outside the U.S. or actively serving overseas in our 
military, you can remote into a transmitter in the U.S. and those 
contacts will count towards your U.S. DXCC award. Here is a paragraph 
from the CEO of the ARRL Dave Sumner:

"It has always been permitted for a QSO to count for both stations, if 
either station was operated remotely from a control point within the 
same DXCC entity," Sumner explained. "Now the location of the operator 
doesn't matter; the operator could be on the far side of the Moon if he 
or she could figure out how to remotely control a station on land back 
on Earth from there."

Hey Dave, we are working on that!