Topband: Use of Remote Receivers During 160 Meter Contests

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

On 3/15/2015 9:35 PM, John Crovelli wrote:
> My feeling is the transmit and receive antennas need to be in the same location,


Same location?  One 160 were are advised to have the TX and RX antennas 
separated by as much distance as possible.  The question is how far is 
allowed.  My best RX antennas starts 500' from my shack and TX antenna 
and terminates 1500 feet away.  I presume that is acceptable?  So what 
do we exactly mean by the same location for both?  Same plot, same 
address, exactly what?   Can't we all compromise and set the limit at 
the same Grid Square?  Are there any Grid Squares that cross 
international boundaries or even state lines?  Was the recent HV0 
operation allowed to have an Topband RX antenna out in the Italian 
countryside or were they limited to a wire hanging of the dome at the 
Sistine Chapel? Not sure.

Not to try and sound disputatious but I think there must be some 
reasonable elasticity to the "same location" requirement within some 
reasonable limits like a preset mileage or grid square, and of course 
within the same country.


Herb, KV4FZ