Topband: Great Engineering by AA7JV

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > What will the ARRL think of this?

It's no different that the current system of "rent-a-remote" that
allows the well healed to chase propagation.

As long as the person/group "placing the boxes" has the necessary
licenses and landing permits consistent with the current rules, I
do not see ARRL refusing credit for shipboard (or even home)
operation of "DXPedition in a box" stations.  Even "at the dock"
operations are currently accepted if the antennas are located
on the wharf (and the necessary license/landing permission have
been obtained).

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2021-04-05 3:15 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> Elon Musks' starband internet could open up the entire world to the 
> internet and change DXpeditions forever.  And a few will think it is the 
> end of the world kinda like that digital mode that has yet to kill off 
> the hobby.
> 
> What will the ARRL think of this?  They are slow to change with the 
> times.  I would expect push back especially by those that are already on 
> the top and do not want other to reach that plateau.
> 
> W0MU
> 
> On 4/5/2021 12:55 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> At the most recent Visalia in 2019 (and later at Dayton, I think), 
>> George presented two feats of engineering excellence that blew me 
>> away. First, his "Radio In A Box" has the potential to revolutionize 
>> DXpeditioning to islands, drastically reducing their cost, the number 
>> of hams needed, man-hours spent on the island, and the resulting 
>> impact on the island's natural state. All of this has the potential to 
>> make it far easier to obtain permissions from authorities.
>>
>> Second, his observations that during DXpeditions, topband openings 
>> tend to occur on one night out of a couple of weeks, and that since CW 
>> and FT8 are the dominant modes for weak signal work, both need to 
>> active whenever there is the likelihood of propagation (that is, 
>> between the daylight sides of the terminator), led him to devise a 
>> system to achieve that.
>>
>> Both of these achievements are described on the qrz page for C6AGU. If 
>> you've missed them up to now, by all means check it out!
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC