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

[Dave AA6YQ]

What's the ethical difference between an NA east coast op who uses an NA west coast remote to work 160m Asian DX, and an NA east
coast op who flies to a friend's NA west coast QTH for a  week to work 160m Asian DX?

What's the ethical difference between paying someone to assemble and maintain a station in your home QTH, and using a remote station
~5 miles away?

A DXer can submit a QSL card or LoTW confirmation to the DXCC desk as evidence of a QSO, but there is no practical way for the DXer
to prove that he or she was operating from a particular location when that QSO was made. So while a "single QTH" endorsement sounds
appealing, it would be entirely based on the honor system.

The ARRL has established DXCC rules it can (mostly) enforce. "Operator location" isn't one of those rules, so it's up to each DXer
to choose how he or she will operate. 

       73,

              Dave, AA6YQ


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From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John K9UWA
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:04 PM
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Subject: Re: Topband: Fwd: ARRL Board meets next week - I'm looking for input

Although I agree with many who have posted to this thread I will only say this. 

The ARRL can not create a DXCC rule that they have no ability to enforce. 

Other than some He Said She Said that Joe Doe's signal was coming from the wrong direction so he wasn't transmitting from his home
station. Even then who is to say that Joe Doe wasn't off visiting some ham buddy on the other side of the country? Then it is legal
under current rules. And no one complains about that type of operation. 

John k9uwa


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