> *** Let me help out here. I have gone on record in past postings that I > personally do NOT have a problem with remote operations in the vicinity of > their home station. The problem is people using remotes in different > countries and on different sides of the continent to inflate their > standings. > > Doug
As to this specific thing; If someone is in another country close to rare DX, visits a ham and uses their station and then uses their own home call when making the easy Q, that's cheating. This kind of cheating has been possible all along, it may make it easier with today's technology. I never worked Don Miller but I did work Romeo, both DXers were notorious for supposedly claiming to be where they weren't & slews of people worked them feeling they worked a legit operation. I worked Romeo in 91 as XY0RR and got his QSL & it counted for DXCC. Once I heard the flap about his operation, I didn't feel I fairly worked Myanmar until I got confirmation from XZ1J for a Q in 2013. People have been claiming DXCC credit unfairly and giving it for years. RHR will not make anything new happen. I just sent something offlist to one of us and I agree with what I said... "As to people not doing the right thing with a tool, that's been happening since those apes hit each other with femurs in the opening scene in the movie 2001". Or as the Who said in "We won't get fooled again: "Meet the new Boss, same as the old Boss". People have been cooking the books for years & someone always will be; hasn't stopped me from having fun for 35+ years. 73, Gary KA1J --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband