Topband: CQWW160 Remote receiver rule

[Larry Burke]

> As for DXCC, since sometime in the 1990's (as I recall), we could legally
move anywhere or operate anywhere and collect DXCC. 

> Prior to that, it was not unheard of for people to call people on the
phone to "help" them get a new country. 

> 160 meters for many years had a phone-a-friend list. I recall that going
on in various forms since the 1970's, at least. 

> Suddenly, it is a major problem that will ruin radio as we know it!

 

 

There were ethically-challenged individuals in DXCC then, just as there are
now. Commercial remotes just take it to a new level. 

 

 

 

> I think anyone who bases their success or value in life by how they rank
in something as silly as a national DXCC list, 

> or worrying about someone making 50 more contacts in a contest, deserves
all the angst and distress worrying about others creates for them

 

 

I don't see any angst, distress or worry being expressed here -- only a
passion for trying to trying to make DXCC the "premier operating award" that
the ARRL claims it to be. And I certainly don't see anyone here basing their
success in life on DXCC rankings. I do agree with K5GO though -- in its
current state DXCC has become a joke. 

 

 

 

 

> The most tragic thing I recall in Ham radio was hearing W8UDN, Ed,  (a
person I rarely spoke to) actually crying on the radio 

> when he was losing his 160 station. Listening to Ed's open distress and
sadness at no longer being able to enjoy something 

> he loved for most of his life turned a page for me.

 

 

No one is proposing taking access to a radio (or a remote) from anyone. 

 

 

 

- Larry K5RK