Topband: CQWW160 Remote receiver rule

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

But what if I order up a dry pair from the telephone company for an RX a 
mile away.  here his costs only $11 per month per mile and would provide 
remote audio back to the shack with tranformer center tap to ground used 
for limited frequency control.  Is that in accordance with the rules? 
Amile would probably get me out of the induction zone of a near by QRO 
station that cleans out the band on 160 here,


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
On 1/20/2015 1:01 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> On 1/20/2015 7:20 AM, Frank Davis wrote:
>> The contest rules dictate that e remote receiver controlled over the 
>> internet is not permitted in the CQWW160 contest.
>>
>> st that I have avoided this far.
>>
>> Maybe if enough of us push for it we can have the rules modified to 
>> permit remote receivers within the same grid square as the home station.
>>
>> 73 Frank VO1HP
>>
>
> This certainly deserves further consideration.  I have a problem
> with the grid square criterion.  Grid squares are an artificial
> construct, and I think it would be better to choose a specified
> distance, such as 100 km in the Stew Perry.  Personally, I would
> like to see this increased to 100 miles (160 km).  Also, you
> might happen to be in the corner of a grid square, which would
> limit your options for no good reason.
>
> This is IMHO entirely different from using an internet remote on the
> East coast to hear EU better (or in your case, a west coast remote
> to hear AS better), which is what the contest sponsors are trying
> to prevent (and rightly so).  The proliferation of internet remotes
> for hire has now poisoned the well for conventional remote receive 
> sites.  Remote bases are now banned from DXCC as well.  This is the 
> familiar pattern of things that were OK for the elite, suddenly being
> banned once the great unwashed obtain access.
>
> One idea I have toyed with would be to setup up some sort of SDR
> that would record the entire 160 meter band for the duration of
> a contest.  I could install this at a quiet site, and then, after
> the contest, dtermine what I couldn't hear.  It might be very 
> enlightening and doesn't violate the contest rules.  Maybe you should 
> try this initially as a proof of concept.  What would be needed
> is a system that could run on batteries for the duration of the
> contest.
>
> Rick N6RK
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