you know,,,at 74 if I need something that bad,,, I need to re-evaluate
my priorities,,, what ever I work will be from my home , or my farm,
32 miles away I am very fortunate to have both and a basic station
station at both,, in person
on site
,,, I understand folks in apartments etc,,, but for those folk who , in
my opinion work stuff via what ever cost and remote coast to coast
is just plain wrong-- arrl need to look at the entire ethics again. I
know = dollars
for years I was a very hard hunter of game,,, but I never took any thing
that would not go to some one to eat.. In the total scheme of things
trophies and certificates are just that ,,, nothing more , nothing less
just saying
as for me , Ill work what I can from home and at my farm,,, in person,
on site,, -- again I am not slamming anyone from an apartment or place
that they can not put up an antenna, who I do slam is the folks that
will work em at any cost and who already have substantial stations
dx is
what I have written I have written
done now 73 john w8wej
On 1/14/2016 9:28 PM, Dave Blaschke, w5un wrote:
Look at the situation; There are just a few stateside RHR for rent
locations. As more and more "hams" begin to use these sites to work
DXpeditions, the queue length to access one of these sites will
become hopeless long. JUST A THOUGHT.
Dave, W5UN
On 1/14/2016 6:33 PM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
I have lost my amateur station in three major hurricanes over the
years here, everything including radios (from water) and antennas. I
have also rebuilt them a four different locations until I finally
scrapped enough money together and bought a home next to a large salt
pond. I have full remote station here but it only functions for
contest operated by a cliff dweller in NYC who cares not for DXCC
credit. The problem with the US RHR deals is that it completely
skews the process as far as the propagation differences across the
fruited plan. I would love to add to my DXCC totals as I close into
the 300 mark. USA stations can do this but is it ethical. It sure
makes money for a pay to play amateur radio scheme. But is it the way
you want low band Dx-ing to become? I hope not as you only will need
a computer and an internet connection and everything else that used
to a worthwhile effort is trashed.
I remember a former 160 meter DX pioneer, Charles O'Brien who
originally from Illinois used a 1/4 wave bent Marconi and 25 watts to
work a G station. This is what we are or what we used to be. RHR I
am afraid is the end of an era were perseverance and not vast amounts
of QRO muscle and money decided who was on top. That is a shame and
perhaps to some a disgrace as it really chances everything including
the respect we have for those who did so much with so little.`
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
On 1/14/2016 12:43 AM, Dave Blaschke, w5un wrote:
I will say this:
operating a remote station (for money) owned and managed by someone
else will never be as satisfying as operating your own station,
built by your hands. But than again, if you have no station, and are
unable to build one up, what's your choice? I built (and rebuilt) a
beautiful station and antenna system here over the past fifteen
years, only to see much of it destroyed by storms in recent years.
Now I am unable to rebuild anymore.
Dave, W5UN
On 1/14/2016 2:26 AM, Carl Luetzelschwab wrote:
Ed N1UR said "It seems non-trivial to me as to how to maintain
these remote
stations."
My guess is it was someone using the Portland, OR station in the
Remote Ham
Radio network (http://www.remotehamradio.com/the-stations/). The
stations
are available for a price.
I don't know whose actual station that is - but I'm sure it is
someone's
home station (just like all the others in the network).
Carl K9LA
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