Topband: KH1/KH7Z TopBand Ops Brief

[uy0zg]

Hi

"Anyway, I think that anybody cheating, is primarily cheating himself." 
-
Of course they deceive themselves .....

But their main goal is to deceive the whole world (topband dx 
community).

And this is a fact!

In Eastern Europe just an epidemic...




Nick, UY0ZG


GEORGE WALLNER писал 2018-07-15 03:06:
> Dave,
> 
> The "Fat" TX antenna worked pretty well towards the N - NW. Also, by
> the early mornings I was able to turn up the TX power to 1400 W, as
> the other CW stations went off the air.
> 
> So, Ukrain, while clearly at the edge, was entirely possible. Of
> course, I would have been very suspicious if I heard a G or EI
> calling... but I did not hear anything out of line.
> 
> As you point out, the DX operator has no way to tell if somebody is
> listening via a remote receiver.
> 
> Anyway, I think that anybody cheating, is primarily cheating himself.
> 
> 73,
> 
> George
> 
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:12:15 +0100
> 
>  Dave Sharred via Topband <topband at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have no axe to grind, I wasn't QRV. Hever,  Nick does raise a
>> good point.
>> 
>> First, if it is correct there is a small possibility of propagain
>> around Sunset for Serbia and Ukraine, 20 minute window to Baker Is.
>> However, it's not really the dx season for EU to Pacific.
>> 
>> With great respect the Baker Is. Topband system was compromised,  a
>> 43ft fat vertical,  so an EU QSO must be optimistic at best.
>> 
>> If the EU guys had fantastic antennas, they may just be able to
>> make the trip, with lots more power potentially too.   To me, if you
>> are using a favourable located remote RX,  not in EU, that would not
>> be a good QSO in my ethics.
>> 
>> Further, since these things are available, it's not in my ethics to
>> use remote tx/rx outside of your home country, to claim dx contacts.
>> 
>> 
>> Lastly, from the dx end, it's impossible to tell if the QSO is
>> remote assisted or not, however, if it's outside of a real opening
>> time, if I was the dx, I would delete the qso from my log as dubious
>> 
>> 73 Dave G3NKC  (op at MD4K, PZ5K and others)