Dave... I actually addressed most of this with a proposal earlier today on
how DXCC could be changed to accommodate these situations. If you didn't see
it, I can forward you a copy.
- Larry K5RK
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From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave
AA6YQ
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 9:00 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Foreign stns using NA remotes for K1N
Remote operation was made legal for DXCC in 1998. At that time, the distance
constraint established was "within the same DXCC entity".
17 years later, tightening the distance constraint would be challenging.
What do you say to the DXer who is legally or topographically unable to
establish a useful station on his or her home property and so spent
thousands of dollars to acquire land and setup a remote station, possibly
based on "how to" articles in ARRL publications? No matter what distance
limit you now choose, some of those ops would no longer be able to use their
remote stations.
There is also the issue of QSOs made with remote stations beyond the
tightened distance limit during the past 17 years. Are they invalidated,
with awards retracted? Or are they grandfathered, creating a new "fairness"
issue.
In the absence of a time machine, our only recourse is to move forward. Some
DXers pursue DXCC awards with QRO, while others use QRP. Some use digital
modes like RTTY, while others (who enjoy watching paint dry) use the
incredibly sensitive JT modes. The DXCC playing field has never been
remotely level, and freezing technology at any point in time won't level it.
Internet-based remote stations are just another option that some DXers will
use and others will not. The op who worked them all with QRP and wire
antennas from a shack beneath the auroral oval in Northern Canada will
always have bragging rights over the op did so using a big amp with stacked
monobanders and low-band receiving arrays from a QTH on the geomagnetic
equator. Internet-based remote operation won't change that.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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