Topband: Remote now DXCC??

[Larry]

You are suggesting something like WAS where all QSO have to be made within a 
25 mile radius (something close to that).

73, Larry  W6NWS
-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael Adams
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 12:24 PM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Remote now DXCC??

The way I look at the recent rule tweak is that the ARRL is trying to 
recognize evolving technology and trends in a manner harmonious to what's 
already been acceptable under the DXCC rules.

Hasn't it been acceptable for a while now to go to the opposite side of the 
country, work DX, and have it "count"?  Hasn't it been tolerated to go to 
someone's better-equipped station, work a rare one, and get credit?

As long as there's no deception of where RF is being emitted and received, 
the rule tweak seems plausible.

I've got DXCC and DXCC Challenge plaques hanging on my shack wall.  They 
bring a smile to my face, and I'd rather not let any frustration I could 
feel about cheaters spoil the fun I had in qualifying for them, or the 
incentive they give in guiding some further play on HF and topband.

But, if there are many people upset by the perceived unfairness of remote 
controlled stations, intra-country travel, and/or station sharing...perhaps 
the answer would be to call for the introduction of a new award.  Call it 
DX2CC, operating with the same general principles as DXCC, but requiring all 
contacts to be made on stations built/maintained by or specifically for the 
ham, with contacts occurring within a given entity and within a certain 
radius.  It'd be unfair to impose such rules on a go-forward basis on DXCC, 
but you could start fresh with a new award and more challenging rules.

I'd chase such awards.

(But who am I kidding;  I chase just about everything anyway.)

-- 
Michael Adams | N1EN | mda at n1en.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike 
Fatchett
Sent: Friday, 27 February, 2015 11:01
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Remote now DXCC??

Why are we centered on remote operations dirtying up the DXCC program?
DXCC is far from clean now and from the limited amount of reading available 
people have been scamming DXCC long before I was licensed in 1978.

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