Hi Joe,
I live in a small village. Even so, 500 meters isn't going to buy
anything. If we were overwhelmed by noise we would still be overwhelmed
by exactly the same noise. So this is going to be yet another thread
about whose ox is being gored. All those noises don't bother anybody's
transmitter. So why would we care where the transmitter is within the
same grid square as the receiver?
Maintaining a club project "remote" receiver is something I would
support with some money and some work. It's a lot more worthwhile than
yet another two meter FM repeater. I don't really care about using it
for 160 meter DXCC but I would certainly get my money's worth playing
with it.
73,
Bill KU8H
On 11/21/18 2:05 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
I think a more practical "Station Location and Boundary, <b)" rule
would be to have the RX and TX located in either "in the same grid
square" or "within 100 KM" and of course within the same DXCC
Entity.
I think 500 meters is more than enough of a "circle" to contain both
transmit and receive antennas. If one is making the effort to create
a remote site, it can certainly contain both transmit and receive
antennas. The idea of placing the transmitter *for an amateur station*
on a salt marsh on the coast and the receive antennas 10 miles distant
and well away from man made noises (to the extent possible) is ludicrous
- it reminds me of the commercial maritime stations of old.
Frankly, the DXCC rules should be changed to limit all operators to
*ONE* location a month unless the operator is physically present at
the station (as defined by the 500 meter circle) to prevent the near
simultaneous use of multiple remote transmitters/receivers in physically
large DXCC entities to "feed" a single DXCC/Challenge/Single Band DXCC
from propagation advantaged locations.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2018-11-21 12:37 PM, Lloyd - N9LB wrote:
I'd like to see the ARRL change part <b) to address the needs of the
Amateur
Radio Community in light of the recent radical increase in electrical
noise
from consumer switching power supplies, variable speed motors, LED
lighting,
solar panels with "optimizers", and all of the other "energy efficient"
wideband RF garbage generators.
I think a more practical "Station Location and Boundary, <b)" rule
would be
to have the RX and TX located in either "in the same grid square" or
"within
100 KM" and of course within the same DXCC Entity.
I also think that building and maintaining a shared Community Low
Noise RX
Receiver Site would make a great DX Club project and service.
Let's get this rule updated. How do we get started?
73
Lloyd - N9LB
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