Topband: Use of remote receivers

[KE1F Lou]

During ARRL 100th celebration I was W1AW/4 on 160 meters.
I was using a inverted "L" or more accurately a "1" antenna.
I saw spots, "Can't hear", "No receiver" etc. A remote rx antenna would 
have alleviated such comments.
Remote rx antenna is a game changer and should be addressed by the DX 
and contest authorities.

73 Lou  KE1F



On 3/16/2015 10:31 AM, Tree wrote:
> Rick -
>
> This aspect is certainly a game changer - and why there has to be some
> reasonable limit to how far away a remote receiver can be (if it is
> allowed at all).  As W7EW posted, the Step Perry contest has a limit
> on that.
>
> However, there will always be some stations who will want to give into
> the temptation and break the rules.  This will happen no matter how
> the rules are crafted unfortunately.  If someone consistently can hear
> you when nobody else can - and they are operating from a small city
> lot - I would start to suspect something like this is going on.
>
> 73 Tree N6TR
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 7:01 AM, Rick Stealey <rstealey at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I haven't seen this aspect of the subject covered - the impact on "the other station."
>> Say I am a little pistol in NJ, and I try to work a station with a big signal out on the west coast.  He's having trouble with me so he switches to a remote receiver in VA and picks me up.  I THINK I've just worked the west coast, but in reality my signal only went 200 miles.  If this happens enough I might decide not to improve my transmit antenna, or the rest of my station.  Don't we all suffer a little as a result?
>>
>> Rick  K2XT
>>
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