Topband: Use of Remote Receivers During 160 Meter Contests

[Greg - ZL3IX]

You are making the assumption that those using remote receivers have not 
worked hard and long to make them work, Larry.  That's untrue in a lot 
of cases and an unfair judgement as far as many of us are concerned.  I 
have spent many hundreds of hours developing my remote station, not to 
mention the maintenance.

Some guys are lucky enough to have the cash to buy large tracts of real 
estate, and some of us are not.  I am in the latter camp, but I can pay 
a local farmer a small rent for the privilege of using a part of his 
land for some Beverages.  Do you think you deserve more merit just 
because you happen to be lucky enough to own your own property?  I don't 
think so.

Don't underestimate the ingenuity required to bring the signals back 
home, either.  I use a duplex 70cm FM link to do that, not the 
internet.  An awful lot of work went into designing the link as well.  
The remote site is solar powered, as there is no AC supply available.  I 
designed the solar charger, and manage the power budget at the site to 
make sure that it will run a whole night on a charge.  A lot of work 
went into that, too.

The day any contest tries to put me into a separate category from you, 
just because I happen to be using a remote Rx site, will be the day I 
stop participating in that contest.

By all means put users of the subscription sites into a separate 
category, but not those of us who have put in the effort into building 
the sites ourselves.


Greg ZL3IX


On 2015-03-16 08:49 a.m., Larry via Topband wrote:
> use of remote receivers should be allowed but only in its own class.
>
>
> many of us have worked hard and long to make our present locations into a presentable 160 meter contest site. it would be absolutely unfair to have to compete with remote receivers.
>
>
> why not use "WEBSDR.ORG" and be done with it?
>
>
> larry, n7dd
> DXCC honor roll #1 (mixed, phone)
> WAZ 160 meters
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Victor Goncharsky <us5we at bk.ru>
> To: Topband <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sun, Mar 15, 2015 7:09 pm
> Subject: Re: Topband: Use of Remote Receivers During 160 Meter Contests
>
>
> For us, who live in the cities with QRM level S9+20, remote summer house RX site
> like VO1HP's is a must for low band work.
>
>
> Воскресенье, 15 марта 2015, 15:03
> -04:00 от John Crovelli <w2gd at hotmail.com>:
>> Mark,
>> Unless others speak up, N2NT
> is inclined to change the rules and allow remote RX systems.
>> So the time is NOW
> to make your thoughts known on the reflector.
>> 73,
>> John
>>
>>> From:
> pa5mw at home.nl
>>> To: w2gd at hotmail.com;  topband at contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re:
> Topband: Use of Remote Receivers During 160 Meter Contests
>>> Date: Sun, 15 Mar
> 2015 19:42:38 +0100
>>> Well said.
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> 73 Mark, PA5MW
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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