Why should we be concerned where the operator of a remote station is
actually located. The location of the actual station is all that really
matters. Remote control of your station provides an amazing advance of
our hobby. It provides an reliable escape to so many who are not able
to
This issue is actually bigger than the farce it is making of the ARRL awards
programs.
When you write your Division Director you might also ask him at what point
will the League consider 'for rent' commercial remotes -- which are already
in operation today -- an affront to the amateur
I don't understand the sudden hysteria, except it may be Internet driven.
Around 52 years ago, my first or second 160 meter California contact was
with remote W6YY. I can't remember if W6VSS Dale or W6YY was first, but that
was when the band was split and the power limit was maybe 25 watts
I sat down to write an intelligent response to the remote question but realized
I don't really care anymore. The Amateur Radio that I grew up with, and loved,
is gone forever. Thanks to the ARRL and the FCC, it has been dumbed down
and deregulated to the point where it's just another Citizens
...These are individual awards. How you get them is your business, how I get
mine is my business...
Excellent ! May I inject 39 Cents'-worth ? [allowing for inflation]
That seems to me to sum it up, totally, completely, utterly, and entirely.
There must be 75 dB (give or take a few S
Here in the Virgin Islands I have built and functional SO2R
station (NP2P) which provides for the operator (N2TTA) to operate from
his apartment in NYC. Not sure I understand this correctly. Like the majority
of amateurs I haven't gotten into remote operation at this point. Does the op
in
People should be free to operate any way they please - within the rules. I
understand this discussion is about what the rules should be.
It's all about having fun! It's also about striking a reasonable balance
between the many benefits of remote operation (discussed here multiple times)
and
Instead of embracing ways to get and keep more people on the air they
want to regulate a certificate into the ground just like the Gov't seems
to do with everything it touches.
Obviously remote ham radio is very popular as these stations are popping
up all over the place, which is a good
All excellent points and very well stated Larry
Cecil
K5DL
Sent using recycled electrons.
On Jul 11, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Larry Burke w...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
This issue is actually bigger than the farce it is making of the ARRL awards
programs.
When you write your Division
Many of you folks are too sensitive, especially to legitimate use of
remotes. Yes, DX'ing and constesting on a competitive level can be
challenging to the pocket book but, contrary to comments one does not
have to be a Rich to compete in awards or competitions.
Tom W8JI, made the most logical
Technology is always giving us new tools to work with. You cannot compare past
accomplishments with present ones.
As we age or downside our living conditions may force me to operate RHR. I'm
fine with that and will acknowledge the fact during the QSO.
The League should provide different
After hundreds of years of scientific research of sunspot cycles, no long range
solar cycle forecasting model has ever been able to reliably forecast the
intensity of a solar cycle until after the cycle begins to rise. Perhaps this
will
be the first model to reliably forecast the intensity of
Although I agree with many who have posted to this thread I will only say
this.
The ARRL can not create a DXCC rule that they have no ability to enforce.
Other than some He Said She Said that Joe Doe's signal was coming from
the wrong direction so he wasn't transmitting from his home
What's the ethical difference between an NA east coast op who uses an NA west
coast remote to work 160m Asian DX, and an NA east
coast op who flies to a friend's NA west coast QTH for a week to work 160m
Asian DX?
What's the ethical difference between paying someone to assemble and maintain a
Here's what I sent my director:
For whatever it’s worth, I’m generally OK with leaving DXCC as-is as regards to
remote operating. I don’t necessarily see remote operating as any more or less
“troubling” as going to a neighbor’s/buddy’s big gun station to grab a new one,
or traveling across
On Sat,7/11/2015 4:06 PM, Dick Bingham wrote:
How disheartning it is to work a weak W1-station calling
CQ on six meters
I almost never use /6 except occasionally on 6M during band openings. On
SSB, if I'm calling CQ, I'll identify K9YC in California. The WSJT modes
are great -- it's common
While the horse and carriage still exist very few use them.
I am sorry you feel badly about ham radio as we have had some very
amazing advancesWeak signal programs are amazing.
On 7/11/2015 10:09 AM, Roger D Johnson wrote:
I sat down to write an intelligent response to the remote question
Mike,
I agree 120% !!
The different classes make perfect sense.
Bob
K6UJ
On Jul 11, 2015, at 1:00 PM, mstang...@comcast.net wrote:
Technology is always giving us new tools to work with. You cannot compare
past accomplishments with present ones.
As we age or downside our
I had to do a memory refresh but finally recalled that Leif Svalgaard, et.al.
accurately predicted Cycle 24 in October 2004. He did not use conveyor
belt theory but polar field measurements:
Using direct polar field measurements, now available for four solar
cycles, we predict that the
On Sat,7/11/2015 9:29 AM, W7RH wrote:
Many of you folks are too sensitive, especially to legitimate use of
remotes. Yes, DX'ing and constesting on a competitive level can be
challenging to the pocket book but, contrary to comments one does not
have to be a Rich to compete in awards or
It’s an easy problem to solve. Just change every country with districts into
multiple DXCC entities. WØ-W9. Ten new countries. VE1, VE2, VK1 etc. Move to
another “country,” start all over. And restart DXCC by band and mode from
scratch. No grandfathered credits. How about on April 1, 2016? If
Thanks Bill
There is another video about Maunder minimum coming fast. As you can hear on
the video paid Scientist are paid to say so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MARk49q5FFY
73's
JC
N4IS
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill
Hi Frank,
Please correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the conveyor belt theory was
used to predict the weakness of the current cycle. Hathaway himself did
not predict this weakness:
NASA's Hathaway, along with colleague Robert Wilson at a meeting of the
American Geophysical Union in San
I have sent the following to my ARRL Director:
Hi Mike – I don’t think we really can’t deny the advance of technology...in
fact, traditionally, hams have always been in the forefront of new technical
developments. Personal specific actions by the individual ham operator to
accomplish the QSO
Jim,
Thanks, I have done the same.
You can give your opinion on this subject by contacting your ARRL division
director.
Click on this webpage, select your director, and send an email !
http://www.arrl.org/divisions http://www.arrl.org/divisions
73,
Bob
K6UJ
On Jul 11, 2015, at 12:49
Hi Larry
You right, I sent my comments to the board. The main rule I would like to
see implemented it the one in place, or almost in place I should say it.
All 160m QSL cards are verified by a certified 160m DXCC holder. QSO's
during day time are rejected.
However LOTW does not have a simple
Greetings All
Where Tom - W8JI - says I think the real solution is a DXCC endorsement or
a new DXCC that requires
the holder to swear he did it all transmitting and receiving from one
location all by himself with gear he assembled
I totally agree !
What good, really, is a QSO with someone you
I told myself when I started Amateur Radio I was going to be a Goose…where
every day’s a new day. No awards, just work who you can, when you can, any way
you can.
So now when I hear DX or there’s a contest I try to make a contact if it’s of
interest. As I say, that way every day and contact’s
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