I was considering operating the IOTA contest this weekend remotely to
the PJ4 contest station in Bonaire. K4BAI and I had a fun time
operating PJ4A remotely in the IARU Contest. After looking at the IOTA
Contest rules it appears this might not be allowed?
https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2023/riota.shtml
(h) Remote operation of an Island Station is allowed where the Operator
is situated within the same DXCC entity as the Remote Station, not more
than 100km from the Remote Station, and either on the same island or on
an island which is a qualifying island in the same IOTA group as the
Remote Station.
I guess I don't see the difference if I'm in the same DXCC country or
less than 100km away vs operating from my home QTH in the US. This rule
would mean that no one could use either Remote Ham Radio or Beloud.Us in
the IOTA Contest unless they lived within 100 km of one of their stations.
I've been a big supporter of the IOTA Contest over the years by
activating NA-058 using crummy mobile antennas to activate a multiplier.
I can't make it over the the Georgia coast this year. So I guess I will
just operate some from home or not at all. Hopefully my good friend
Steve, PJ4DX will be on in the contest activating SA-006.
Jeff KU8E
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