Topband: Brave New World

[Jim Brown]

On Wed,2/25/2015 3:26 PM, john wrote:
> are actually physically there--they are not in my opinion , hired 
> guns, that description  is unnecessarily unkind and  incorrect , in my 
> opinion, they are operating  radio(s) on site..on site being the key
> I appreciate the efforts of  w3lpl's et al stations  and their 
> efforts... Other than you having an  apparent  issue with big gun 
> stations and club ,   the (your), problem is????

I have no problem at all with it -- indeed, I have participated in 
several multi-multi and multi-two operations. It's a lot of fun. I'm 
simply pointing out that K4VV is no more and no less than another of 
those "team" stations. My own station is pretty decent, and can be set 
up for two operators in Multi-Single or Multi-Two, and I occasionally 
entertain guest operators.

> for the record I am about as far from being a big gun station as you 
> could get..
>    I guess it is up to each of us to decide  what is right and ethical 
> , but for me, until I am slapped into a nursing home,,, Ill take the 
> on site,(real radio) ,  every time...guess it is personal choices 

Over the last ten years or so, I've done a lot of research, and 
published a lot of it, about RFI, -- all the RF noise on the ham bands 
that makes life miserable for guys in most neighborhoods. 10dB over S9 
noise is common in a lot of places. And for at least that long, I've 
been reading tales of woe from guys whose CC&R deed restrictions 
prohibit them from putting up antennas on their own property!  San 
Francisco is a city of more than a half million, yet there are virtually 
no HF ham stations within the city.  Chicago, a city of more than 3 
million, had only four guys (including me) active on HF when I moved 
from there in 2006, and our stations were quite modest.

I think you, and a lot of others who have wailed and wrung your hands 
about this,  have very closed minds.  What, exactly, is your problem 
with those guys, and there are many thousands of them stuck in that 
situation, operating a station remotely?  Should they be relegated to 
shack on a belt operation on the local repeater?

What I DO strongly object to are contest scoring rules for virtually 
major DX contests that give a 20:1 advantage to the good old boys 
gathered around the Atlantic basin.

73, Jim K9YC