Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters - Station Location and Boundary

[David Cutter]

A few UK clubs are doing this or have it in mind, including my own.  I think
it is the best thing a club can do for its members.  
David G3UNA/G6CP

" I also think that building and maintaining a shared Community Low Noise RX
Receiver Site would make a great DX Club project and service."

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Lloyd -
N9LB
Sent: 21 November 2018 17:37
To: 'TopBand List'
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters - Station Location and Boundary

I'd like to see the ARRL change part <b) to address the needs of the Amateur
Radio Community in light of the recent radical increase in electrical noise
from consumer switching power supplies, variable speed motors, LED lighting,
solar panels with "optimizers", and all of the other "energy efficient"
wideband RF garbage generators.

I think a more practical "Station Location and Boundary, <b)" rule would be
to have the RX and TX located in either "in the same grid square" or "within
100 KM" and of course within the same DXCC Entity. 

I also think that building and maintaining a shared Community Low Noise RX
Receiver Site would make a great DX Club project and service. 

Let's get this rule updated.   How do we get started?

73

Lloyd - N9LB

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Thomson
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 10:57 AM
To: TopBand List <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:32:20 -0600
From: "Mike Cizek W0VTT" <mgcizek at gmail.com>
To: "'Jean-Paul Albert'" <f6fya at yahoo.com>, <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters


<9.  Station Location and Boundary:

<b) All transmitters and receivers comprising a station used for a specific
<contact must be located within a 500-meter diameter circle.

##   What about folks like W8JI, et all, that have  a myriad of ants  strewn
over
nearly 20 acres, and well outside the 500 meter limit ?

<This means it is legal to use a remote station to work DX, but it is NOT
<legal to transmit from home and use a remote receive site. 

##  This is about as stupid as it gets. 
Jim   VE7RF

<Mike Cizek W0VTT
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