Topband: Fwd: ARRL Board meets next week - I'm looking for input

[Ed Stallman]

Please get an email off to your ARRL Division Director , they do want to 
hear from you !
The West Gulf Coast Director let me know that he is also receiving 
email's from op's that think RHR is the best thing since slice bread .

Ed N5DG



On 7/10/2015 8:09 PM, Larry Burke wrote:
> Guys, the feedback needs go to your ARRL Division Director, not the Topband
> Reflector -- the ARRL is not reading this list. Feedback needs to be
> received prior to next Wednesday, July 15. You can find your Director and
> his contact information here: http://www.arrl.org/divisions
>
> - Larry K5RK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert
> Harmon
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 7:42 PM
> To: topband
> Subject: Re: Topband: Fwd: ARRL Board meets next week - I'm looking for
> input
>
> Mike,
>
> I also do not like the idea of remote station operation being acceptable for
> DXCC.
> (Charlie, you have one more year on me,   I was licensed in 1958 :-)
> I have pursued the DXCC awards for all these years and now to allow remote
> op to be granted the same awards gives the DXCC awards almost zero value.
> Whether the remote operation is rented or self owned it makes no difference.
> I'm sure a lot of us have the same thinking on this but haven't had the
> opportunity to express our feelings.  Actually I believe the majority of
> ARRL DXers feel this
> way.   I think the board needs to find a way to get input from the majority
> !
> Lastly,  One consideration for the board to look at is to have a separate
> DXCC category for remote operation. Then everyone is happy and there would
> be a level playing field for each category, home station or remote.  (After
> all that is the crux of the issue)
>
>
> 73,
> Bob
> K6UJ
>
>
>
>> On Jul 10, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Charles Cu nningham
> <charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>> Hi, Mike
>>
>> Well, I've been licensed and a DXer since February 1957.  In my
>> opinion remote stations and operations should NOT be acceptable for
>> DXCC. Perhaps a special NEW DXCC could be established for those
>> operations Most of us over the decades have worked diligently so
>> improve our stations and antennas within the bounds available to us!
>> To have to compete with remote Super Stations that are sited to
>> provide significant advantages on certain DX paths or bands REALLY
>> spoils it for oo many of us, and establishes is as a "Sport for the
>> Rich" like so many other things in our society!  I am opposed to offering
> conventional "DXCC" credit for remote operations!
>> 73,
>> Charlie, K4OTV
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Tony K1AMF
>> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 10:10 AM
>> To: topband at contesting.com
>> Subject: Topband: Fwd: ARRL Board meets next week - I'm looking for
>> input
>>
>> FYI, now's your chance to speak up if you haven't already.  Please
>> e-mail N2YBB or other ARRL board members directly with any questions or
> comments.
>> Not looking to rehash things here on the reflector.
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
>> Date: 07/09/2015  7:01 PM  (GMT-05:00)
>> To: k1amf at live.com
>> Subject: ARRL Board meets next week - I'm looking for input
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Next week, the Board of Directors will be holding their second meeting
>> of the year.  One of the topics up for discussion is the recent change
>> in DXCC rules, particularly as to the use of remote operations for DXCC
> credit.
>> I would be interested in knowing what you, the ARRL member, feel about
>> the rules for DXCC.  In particular, I would like to know what your
>> opinion is regarding crediting (for awards) DX contacts made by remote
>> control operations, be they through self owned or rented stations.
>>
>> I would be also be interested in your experiences if you have operated
>> remotely in chasing DX for DXCC credit.
>>
>> If you have any other items of interest, please also let me know.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> 73 de Mike N2YBB
>>
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