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

[Paul O'Kane]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nigel G3TXF" <nigel at G3TXF.com>
 
> 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).

It appears that both these operations were illegal, in that
they were in breach of the terms of CEPT.

CEPT operating privileges are granted only to visitors to
the countries concerned.  In particular, CEPT licences are
valid "for non-residents only, for the duration of their
temporary stays in countries having adopted the (CEPT)
Recommendation."

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/ra/publication/ra_info/ra247.htm

Regardless of specific rules for remote contest operation in
individual contests, it seems unlikely that contest organisers
will now accept entries from unlicensed operations.

There's also the minor issue of the facilitation, in both
France and Germany, of unlicensed operations.

73,
Paul EI5DI