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

[Roger G3SXW]

It's surely more than just the money. It's the techie challenge. Nothing 
wrong with that! But I agree with Paul: it's a different hobby. Like rowing 
and sailing. Our problem is overlap: some use oars, some sails and some 
both - all on the same playing-field. In normal 1-to-1 QSOs this makes 
little difference, it's actually quite interesting. But in competitive 
activities (contests, awards) these two sub-hobbies must be separated. Maybe 
internet-assisted should be banned from our normal competitive activities. 
They could set up their own competitions, maybe restricted to VHF/UHF if RF 
is still needed.
73 de Roger/G3SXW.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Maude" <ian at gb7mbc.net>
To: "Rob - G4LMW" <g4lmw at btconnect.com>
Cc: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] The Internet-Remote-Contesting age arrives!


> 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.