Understand! In HH2AA the only issue we have experienced in eight years has been
ISP but that should be resolved with Starlink for good. The HH2AA station is in
a concrete building with no electricity. In a third world country electricity
is actually a luxury! The solar panels (4) with batteries have been very
reliable! No human intervention in a year! The station is a proof of concept -
solar panels with 100w that can create pileups - it’s like being on a
DXpedition without traveling!
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> On Mar 18, 2021, at 9:52 AM, ku8e <ku8e@ku8e.com> wrote:
>
>
> Unfortunately PJ2T can't have an unmanned remote station in Curacao because
> of the regulations governing remote operating. If the regulations were like
> they are in Bonaire they probably would've been on the air remotely during
> COVID-19 like PJ4A was. They have many amateur radio locals in Curacao which
> would've helped them keep it running.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Ray Higgins <ray.w2re@gmail.com>
> Date: 3/18/21 8:11 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com>
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX Multi-Distributed
>
> Let’s just say PJ2T experimented. It’s not difficult to keep an unmanned
> station on the air if well engineered. HH2AA is the perfect example, nobody
> had been to the site since we implemented a Flex 6600 almost a year ago. This
> site is on solar power and has been active since 2014. We’ve made two trips
> during that time to upgrade the station. Here is the location from a GoPro
> strapped to my hard hat: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bV6l8JsXKCI&t=
>
> From this post we now have a few more ops on the WPX team including two WRTC
> competitors. Having experienced ops on the team with youths will make for an
> epic event.
>
> Ray W2RE
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>>> On Mar 16, 2021, at 2:34 PM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com> wrote:
>>>
>> Ray,
>>
>> No disrespect to all my good friends at PJ2T but they're hardly pushing the
>> envelope remotely. I think the 2021 ARRL DX CW was the first contest they
>> ever did remotely as a multi-op. In the past KB7Q and K8ND have done some
>> off and on remote operating when the owner was on site. I don't even know
>> if they have the ability to switch antennas remotely. Plus the station owner
>> W0CG was onsite during ARRL DX CW to fix any problems that might occur. The
>> regulations for Curacao require someone to be on-site.
>>
>> In contrast K4BAI , W1MD ,myself and others have been operating the station
>> owned by K2NG/PJ4G in Bonaire and built by WW4LL and W9SN of Beloud.Us since
>> early 2020. In Bonaire there are no regulations requiring someone to be
>> onsite when operating remotely. There is no one in Bonaire to fix any
>> problems onsite other than a handyman employed by the owner who can check
>> things out and do simple tasks with step by step instructions from the owner
>> or WW4LL. The last six months have been a real challenge because there are
>> some technical issues to resolve and no one has been able to travel to
>> Bonaire for over a year to address them. It wouldn't be a stretch for me to
>> say that we've faced a lot more challenges than any of the stations that you
>> listed that are operated remotely. Hopefully these issues will be fixed by
>> the Summer of this year when someone can travel to PJ4.
>>
>> Jeff KU8E / PJ4A Team
>>
>>
>>> On 3/16/2021 10:45 AM, Ray Higgins (W2RE) wrote:
>>> WPX Multi-Distributed
>>>
>>> I would like to thank the WPX committee for adding this new and exciting
>>> category. It's basically a M/M with larger boundaries (Zone).
>>>
>>> First of all it gets new people involved in M/M. We invited 10 youths to
>>> join our team - they range from 14 to 22 years old from the USA and abroad.
>>> We had way more than 10 requests from youths but we promised to allow the
>>> others access to contesting in other ways under the RHR Youth program. The
>>> RHR youth program is growing - just last month 22 Turkish youths passed
>>> their FCC exam to join the system. It's just not a USA thing anymore. We
>>> have stations being implemented in EU, Caribbean and USA on a dedicated
>>> youth network just for them. We will get more activity in contesting by
>>> mentoring and granting access to youths around the world! Its actually
>>> exciting times right now in the hobby! We just need to use the tools to
>>> reach them, both the RHR youth network and streaming has been very
>>> effective.
>>>
>>> We have been very busy busy building out the logger and the lockout in the
>>> cloud for this event. Here is how the lockout works within the console:
>>> https://youtu.be/1Rj9pSip1EE <https://youtu.be/1Rj9pSip1EE>
>>>
>>> Here is an example how two stations can be on same frequency interlacing
>>> QSO’s:
>>> https://youtu.be/nUxk6DUibMc?t=96
>>>
>>> We currently have 10 youths + 11 other operators on the team consisting of
>>> eight countries. Everyone has FCC call sign. We would like to invite a few
>>> others to participate with us that have experience running 200/hr and don't
>>> mind mentoring youths. We will use SLACK to communicate during the event.
>>> Please send mail to support@remotehamradio.com If you meet the FCC license
>>> requirement and an experienced SSB operator.
>>>
>>> Some of these youths are pretty darn good operators, so we expect not only
>>> to have fun but to have a big score if bands cooperate. We do this for fun!
>>> Its why we like new and exciting things like the M/M distributed.
>>>
>>> Lastly, I appreciate all the support from the contest community the past
>>> few years with remote operations. Im excited when I see stations like W2FU,
>>> K1IR, N7DX, K1TTT, K0RF, WD6T, PJ2T, HP3SS, K3JO, N2QV, N5DX, N2IC, ZF5T,
>>> FY5KE, V31MA, ED1R, N2NT, KM7W, N6MJ, NR3X, KU1CW, HH2AA, ZF1A, N6MJ, CR6K,
>>> NR6O, W1UE and many many more pushing the envelope remote.
>>>
>>> I'm very very PLEASED to see the WPX committee implementing big and bold
>>> ideas. This is exactly what we need in this hobby to make it exciting for
>>> the next generation.
>>>
>>> Ray W2RE
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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