Topband: Remote operation

[uy0zg]

Hi

But it’s better not to be sad :-)))))))) Let’s congratulate Dmitry, 
UT5UGR - yesterday, in a desperate dash, he finally got into the T2C 
log!


In the conditions of colossal city noise, he made contact. The only one 
from Ukraine. It's almost a historical event.

There is no one from normal Europe in the log.. 14 zone = 0, 20 zone = 
0, 15 zone two ua2ff,rn2fa (it looks like these are twin brothers).

https://clublog.org/charts/?c=T2C#r

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Nick, UY0ZG
http://www.topband.in.ua

Mike Smith VE9AA писал 2023-10-23 15:25:
> Tree and everyone:
> 
> 
> 
> Sadly, cheating has "always been a thing".(I'd like to think a little 
> "less
> so" in ham radio)_I love this hobby and the great people I've met 
> because of
> it.
> 
> 
> 
> Back in the early 1990's there was a K7 station from the PNW(no, not
> K7RAT,hi)  who had some kind of landline remote to my part of the world 
> (we
> never could find out where) and he would work all this EU DX.this was 
> on 6m.
> 
> 
> 
> Fast forward to today and "remotes" are a really common thing now. As
> recently as maybe 1-2 yrs ago I have "worked" Italy on 160m near my 
> sunrise
> with huge signals. If we're doing the math, that's 6 hours after 
> sunrise in
> Rome.  Normally I would never-ever remove a QSO from my contest log but 
> when
> I hear rotten stuff like this, I 100% know it's bogus and delete it or 
> just
> not log it.
> 
> 
> 
> We see regular messages from UY0ZG complaining about cheaters and 
> remotes
> but I don't know the solution.  I could say to Nick "ignore it" but it
> waters down all the other accomplishments the vast majority of the rest 
> of
> us hard working honest players, DXers, casuals on the bands, make.  
> I've
> been beat by cheaters and it doesn't feel good.
> 
> 
> 
> I know there are guys in Canada who "power cheat" (or operate assisted 
> or
> have a 2nd op) by entering as QRP or LP but are running the full bucket 
> of
> goo.etc.
> 
> 
> 
> So, whether remote, telnet (while claiming SO) or gobs of power, 
> 2nd/3rd op,
> to my mind, there may only be one thing that might work?.  Shaming.
> (although I don't think these fellas normally have high moral values)
> 
> 
> 
> It's like I tell folks who I encounter who may hint at a cheat.
> 
> 
> 
> 1-you have to sleep at night
> 
> and
> 
> 2-you have to look at that face in the mirror in the morning.
> 
> 
> 
> Are you happy with who you see looking back?
> 
> 
> 
> Mike VE9AA
> 
> ---------
> 
> 
> 
> While I hesitate to post this, at some point, this behavior needs to be
> 
> called out for what it is.
> 
> 
> 
> Believe it or not - there is a station who has a well established 
> pattern
> 
> of working DX on 160 meters from "California".  I use quotes here, 
> because
> 
> this station claims to be in California, or the grid DM04, when they
> 
> actually aren't.
> 
> 
> 
> Six land is not that far from my QTH and during the CQ 160 CW contest, 
> I
> 
> was able to record the whole contest while this station worked about 45
> 
> Europeans - many before sunset in W6.  With my QTH in Oregon about 1500 
> km
> 
> away, I would easily be able to hear this station if they were 
> transmitting
> 
> from home.
> 
> 
> 
> Contesting gives multipliers for states and when those states are not
> 
> really what you are working, it makes things unfair.  I know in the CQ 
> 160
> 
> CW contest - those QSOs were removed and credit not given for the QSO.  
> It
> 
> was indicated in their report file (so those stations know clearly whom 
> I
> 
> am writing about).
> 
> 
> 
> Just because someone says they are in one place, you should look for 
> clues
> 
> that maybe something isn't right.  If you have any suspicions, please 
> make
> 
> note of them and inform the contest sponsor.
> 
> 
> 
> Tree
> 
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> 
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