[UK-CONTEST] The Internet-Remote-Contesting age arrives!

[Ian Maude]

In my opinion, the contester should be *AT* the station.  Using a remote
site is just another case of 'if you have the money' syndrome.

73 Ian

-- 
Ian J Maude, G0VGS
SysOp GB7MBC & HB9DRV-9 DX Clusters
Member RSGB, GQRP 9838, FISTS 14077 | K3 #455
http://www.amateurradiotraining.org


On 1 February 2010 08:30, Rob - G4LMW <g4lmw at btconnect.com> wrote:

> Interesting Nigel
>
> Is it me, or does anyone else feel that the operator should be within a
> reasonable distance of the station?
>
> Maybe I'm just old-fashioned?
>
> 73, Rob
> G4LMW
> http://www.G4LMW.co.uk
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nigel G3TXF" <nigel at G3TXF.com>
> To: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 7:00 AM
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] The Internet-Remote-Contesting age arrives!
>
>
> > The last weekend in January is traditionally busy for
> > contesters with several contests running in parallel
> > including the CQWW-CW-160m and the REF-CW. However the ever
> > interesting postings on 3830 reveal that the "internet
> > remote contesting" age has really arrived.
> >
> > There's a W4 (sitting in a warm shack in Florida or
> > somewhere?) who has entered the REF-CW Contest was F/WA4PXP
> > and the CQWW-160m Contest as DL/WA4PXP through separate
> > remote stations in France (F4JRC) and Germany (DJ3AA).
> > Presumably somewhat tongue in cheek, Jim WA4PXP comments
> > "Operating in Europe is non-stop action" !
> >
> > Standby for the brave new world of "internet remote
> > contesting"?
> >
> > 73 - Nigel G3TXF
> >
> > PS : G3TXF remained very much in the old world of Single-Op
> > unassisted for CQWW-CW-160m, netting 1,480 Qs, 73 DXCC, 49
> > States/Prov for 1.1m points.
> >
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