> What will the ARRL think of this?
It's no different that the current system of "rent-a-remote" that
allows the well healed to chase propagation.
As long as the person/group "placing the boxes" has the necessary
licenses and landing permits consistent with the current rules, I
do not see ARRL refusing credit for shipboard (or even home)
operation of "DXPedition in a box" stations. Even "at the dock"
operations are currently accepted if the antennas are located
on the wharf (and the necessary license/landing permission have
been obtained).
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2021-04-05 3:15 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
Elon Musks' starband internet could open up the entire world to the
internet and change DXpeditions forever. And a few will think it is the
end of the world kinda like that digital mode that has yet to kill off
the hobby.
What will the ARRL think of this? They are slow to change with the
times. I would expect push back especially by those that are already on
the top and do not want other to reach that plateau.
W0MU
On 4/5/2021 12:55 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
At the most recent Visalia in 2019 (and later at Dayton, I think),
George presented two feats of engineering excellence that blew me
away. First, his "Radio In A Box" has the potential to revolutionize
DXpeditioning to islands, drastically reducing their cost, the number
of hams needed, man-hours spent on the island, and the resulting
impact on the island's natural state. All of this has the potential to
make it far easier to obtain permissions from authorities.
Second, his observations that during DXpeditions, topband openings
tend to occur on one night out of a couple of weeks, and that since CW
and FT8 are the dominant modes for weak signal work, both need to
active whenever there is the likelihood of propagation (that is,
between the daylight sides of the terminator), led him to devise a
system to achieve that.
Both of these achievements are described on the qrz page for C6AGU. If
you've missed them up to now, by all means check it out!
73, Jim K9YC
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