[UK-CONTEST] Remote possibilities...

[g3ory at lineone.net]

Dave et Al,

Maybe the guy saw the contests as complementary i.e., not much doing 
in the REF contest after dark that you could not have already worked in 
daylight from a station in France and vice versa for the CQ 160. Mind 
you, he must have a lot more stamina than I have got!!

73 Bob
G3ORY

>----Original Message----
>From: dave at g3ueg.co.uk
>Date: 01/02/2010 11:41 
>To: "Nigel G3TXF"<nigel at G3TXF.com>, "UK Contest Reflector"<uk-
contest at contesting.com>
>Subj: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Remote possibilities...
>
>Nigel,
>
>The scenario you describe is new to me..
>
>As I see it, It breaks down into two parts.
>
>Operating a third party station is a variant of my Scenario 2.  Very 
>similar to being a guest Op.  The main benefit is that someone else 
>is doing the station build/maintenance.
>
>I don't quite understand the operating two stations simultaneously 
bit.
>Was it one station in one contest and the other in the second, or
>Both stations in both contests?
>Was it real simultaneous or time-slicing?
>
>I don't see a problem of one person spending some time on one 
contest 
>and different time (within the same overall period) on a second 
>contest, (other than reducing ones score in both!!!)
>
>I would need a bit more information of this, I am struggling to see 
>the benefit to the operator of doing this.  I wonder if it was seen 
>as just a technical challenge.
>
>73,
>Dave, G3UEG
>
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>At 10:36 01/02/2010, Nigel G3TXF wrote:
>>
>>Hello Dave,
>>
>>You are correct in describing the two scenarios. But WA4PXP
>>operating through TWO (presumably) totally third-party
>>Internet stations (F4JRC and DJ3AA) in two different
>>countries, with two different callsigns (DL/WA4PXP and
>>F/WA4PXP) in two different contests at the same time, while
>>sitting at home in the USA, does not fall into either of
>>your categories, I'd suggest!
>>
>>Incidentally he was in "Dept 34" for the REF-CW Contest and
>>in "Zone 14" for the CQWW-160 Contest.
>
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