Topband: CQWW160 Remote receiver rule

[Larry Burke]

> Remote bases are now banned from DXCC as well.
  

Unfortunately, remotes are allowed by DXCC.... including the ones you access
with a credit card (e.g., RemoteHamRadio.com). In fact, you don't even need
a radio these days to get on Honor Roll. Not sure what satisfaction a guy
receives in getting DXCC this way.... it's kinda like kissing your sister. 

It wasn't too long ago that an ARRL award hanging on your shack wall meant
something. Those days are behind us. 


- Larry K5RK


-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard
(Rick) Karlquist
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 11:02 AM
To: Frank Davis; topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: CQWW160 Remote receiver rule

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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