I can see the day coming when a person will no longer need a "station" in the usual sense. With internet control, he can simply operate a station of his choosing - anywhere in the world. Imagine a fe
Hi Bill and the group, Well, the technology certainly exists for what you describe right now, but the question I have to ask is WHY? It won't take much extra for it to be done totally automatically,
<snip> _________________________________________________________ Thanks for your response, Phil. I can see two major reasons why: 1. Cost. One will no longer have to have his own equipment. No transc
Bill & others who are subscribed to the WriteLog reflector know that I am doing remote control RTTY over the Internet already. I think this is a pretty neat concept and I made my first ever remote co
And the pile-up for the rare dx will be on the remote network. Due to great demand they will have to invest in more network resources which will reflect in a larger fee. No more fidling with homemad
Don Hill wrote: "Will it work for DX'ing?" Not for me it won't! Explaing the challenge, regardless of the legality, of "remoting" in a South Korean station to work P5? All awards will lose their sign
Can you imagine a station here in Oregon with a radio and tower in G land, another in ZS, one in JA, one in ZL all accessible via the internet. Man, what would the rules be for that :-) 73 Tom W7WHY
We never know where technology is going to lead us. It is productive and stimulating to brainstorm around what we suspect and/or expect the future will be. That said I have at present one thought tha
And DOUBLE-YUCK from me. I, too, want to assemble and tinker with and be responsible for my own station. I was taught that was what ham radio was all about! And that is where the most enjoyment has c
And then we could all get rid of our ham gear, post our internet addresses on a Web site, and just e-mail other! Wow. Easy contacts. What fun. Ed, W1MAG
I don't think anyone would really not want to still assemble and have their own station. What's neat is that you can now control that station from anywhere in the world. I can imagine one day sitting
Well, the technology is surely there already, and it's fascinating and also somewhat scary... But already, most contests do have a rule which would apply here: (quoting from the WPX RTTY Contest 2001
Hmmm, the rigs must be within a 500m diameter circle, but the antennas can be outside? Is this to allow large rhombics (how large is the ZD8Z rhombic, does anyone know?) and Beverages? Actually, it d
we would most likely get an act of congress passed first and that takes at least 4 or 5 years.. and if nato has to concur, its another 3 or 4 yrs.. contests managers/sponsors wud take at least that l
"I made my first ever remote control RTTY contact over the Internet Saturday night using WriteLog & my TS870 on my shack PC and controlling it from a PC with a high-speed Internet connection in the n