Yuri,At about 80 cents a minute to rent one of the big remote stations you
could buy a HF radio for what you would spend for one contest weekend rental. I
agree with you that's not the future of ham radio for your average ham. Just
for those who have lots of $$$ to spend.JeffSent from my Verizon, Samsung
Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Yuri <ve3dz@rigexpert.net> Date: 2/5/20
7:40 AM (GMT-05:00) To: 'robert wa1fcn' <wa1fcn@charter.net>,
cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ 160m contest-vs-DXCC
rule problem >>>Owning a station is not even necessary.Yes, Bob, you got it!
This is what is being promoted as a future of HAM Radio. All you have to do now
is to own a computer and save some $$$ to pay for the remote access to one of
the "big stations".Obviously, not the HAM Radio you and I and many others
enjoyed for the majority of our lives.73 Yuri VE3DZ-----Original
Message-----From: CQ-Contest
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces+ve3dz=rigexpert.net@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
robert wa1fcnSent: Monday, February 3, 2020 9:23 PMTo:
cq-contest@contesting.comSubject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ 160m contest-vs-DXCC rule
problemGE Ria Well I have been chasing DX for 54 years and I have most
likely read about your report of remote operation being OK for DXCC,
tho I really do not remember it now. All I can say is Wow, I think I
need to reread about this rule. You may remember my previous
posts of my dissatisfaction with ARRL rules pertaining to DXCC and FT8. Now
this. Why did I work so hard to get DXCC of 286 on 40 meters when this
is available and FT8 to boot! Not cool Ria. 73 BoB
WA1FCNOn 2/3/2020 1:57 PM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:> ARRL declared this type of
remote operation OK for DXCC some years ago > - you can operate from W6, work
Macau, minami torishima, Philippines > etc then hop on a remote on the east
coast and work Europe and Africa. > Hop on a southeast remote and work ZS, PY,
LU, CE, CP etc. Owning a > station is not even necessary.>> 73> Ria, N2RJ>>
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