I applaud Tom, KC1J's prompt response to the question about the TS-480 Remote
Control Panel in a remote contesting venue. Tnx, Tom!
Paul, VO1HE, wrote:
> If someone on Earth is remotely controlling the Mars Landers in a contest,
> then it should not be valid. If it is under Martian control, then the
> operator should be in the same quadrant.
That's pretty funny, and a well crafted Word Picture for *your* position in
this matter :-)
It dawned on me last night...
It could be very enlightening to put one extra field on the 3830 submittal
forms after the current SO2R checkbox:
Check here if SO2R Check here if the station was operated by remote control
I emailed Bruce asking him to consider doing this.
An interesting scenario:
A Contester lives in (US) State A, Grid X, but only 700m from the border with
(US) State B, Grid Y. His current QTH is up against the back of a big
hill/mountain.
If the Contester wants to improve his signal by putting a remote station on top
of the hill which is only 50 feet "across the border" into the neighboring
State & Grid, should he be penalized for not being in the same State & Grid as
his home QTH where he will be controlling the station via remote software? I
don't think so. The "Station", of course, would be consider to be in State B &
Grid Y.
73...
Rick, K6VVA
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