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

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Joe,

I live in a small village. Even so, 500 meters isn't going to buy 
anything. If we were overwhelmed by noise we would still be overwhelmed 
by exactly the same noise. So this is going to be yet another thread 
about whose ox is being gored. All those noises don't bother anybody's 
transmitter. So why would we care where the transmitter is within the 
same grid square as the receiver?

Maintaining a club project "remote" receiver is something I would 
support with some money and some work. It's a lot more worthwhile than 
yet another two meter FM repeater. I don't really care about using it 
for 160 meter DXCC but I would certainly get my money's worth playing 
with it.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 11/21/18 2:05 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> 
>> 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 think 500 meters is more than enough of a "circle" to contain both
> transmit and receive antennas.  If one is making the effort to create
> a remote site, it can certainly contain both transmit and receive
> antennas.  The idea of placing the transmitter *for an amateur station*
> on a salt marsh on the coast and the receive antennas 10 miles distant
> and well away from man made noises (to the extent possible) is ludicrous
> - it reminds me of the commercial maritime stations of old.
> 
> Frankly, the DXCC rules should be changed to limit all operators to
> *ONE* location a month unless the operator is physically present at
> the station (as defined by the 500 meter circle) to prevent the near
> simultaneous use of multiple remote transmitters/receivers in physically
> large DXCC entities to "feed" a single DXCC/Challenge/Single Band DXCC
> from propagation advantaged locations.
> 
> 73,
> 
>     ... Joe, W4TV
> 
> 
> On 2018-11-21 12:37 PM, Lloyd - N9LB wrote:
>> 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
>>
> 
> 
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