On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:26 PM, Jason Buchanan wrote:
> R. Measures wrote:
>
>>> haw - I've seen those. Novelty items - Echolink 2.0.
>>
>>
>> Novelty, hogwash, points is points.
>
>
> whoa - waitaminit - I didn't catch that the first time around - you're
> saying these guys are using echolink and all that junk during
> contests?
Jason -- I know nothing about Echolink,
. The Internet and remote controlled receivers allows one to listen to
a QRP DX signal from his area. Before the Internet blossomed, there
were remote control receivers in a number of countries that were linked
through telephone lines and controlled with touch-tone phones.
According to one source, the winner of one DX contest had a >$2000
telephone bill for the month of the contest.
As I recall, the old adage "You have to hear 'em before you can work
'em" was history after about 1981.
---- note - the use of remote receivers pretty much requires the use of
a tetrode with handles amplifier.
When people say that amateur radio is only a hobby, I chortle.
cheers
> That wins the "Pink Ring" award. I guess that's another nail in the
> coffin of why I never have been in contests.
>
>
> tnx
>
>
Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734. www.somis.org
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