Remote Rules OK
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:50 am
ARRL VOTES ON DXCC and REMOTE RULES
We would like to applaud the ARRL for "seeing the big picture" and understanding how important the role of remote technology will play in the future of our hobby. The recommended DXAC 200km limit has been completely squashed, and the ARRL went one step further. The ARRL has lifted the ban on the requirement for a operator to be in the same DXCC entity as the transmitter for his QSO's to count! This means that if you are traveling outside the U.S. or actively serving overseas in our military, you can remote into a transmitter in the U.S. and those contacts will count towards your U.S. DXCC award. Here is a paragraph from the CEO of the ARRL Dave Sumner:
"It has always been permitted for a QSO to count for both stations, if either station was operated remotely from a control point within the same DXCC entity," Sumner explained. "Now the location of the operator doesn't matter; the operator could be on the far side of the Moon if he or she could figure out how to remotely control a station on land back on Earth from there."
OPINION
Some 6M dxcc holder have been criticised for going interstate to work DXCC like Adam VK4CP/6
and VK3OT VK8 (when in fact I already had DXCC as VK3OT) and others VK4 in VK8 VK2 in VK7 VK7 in VK3 list goes on as does the b/s about the ops.
however like it or no
You can buy time on any other VK remote within our borders and work your Europeans in winter to your hearts content
or like VK6 reduce the dx between VK6 and VK east coast by having a remote in Albany or Eucla or wherever and work 2M as you wish
whatever your decision how you conduct your station.
So all those guys in low 90s salvation is at hand, it will come down to ethics and how you feel about doing it that way.
Just get it right
the erratic CW on 110 this summer from a VK who was maybe not at home
sending L instead of Z and 6 ditts for 5 and running the morse characters into each other needs to do some work on the setup.
just the messenger care less either way 100 is 100 101 is a bonus.
cheers
We would like to applaud the ARRL for "seeing the big picture" and understanding how important the role of remote technology will play in the future of our hobby. The recommended DXAC 200km limit has been completely squashed, and the ARRL went one step further. The ARRL has lifted the ban on the requirement for a operator to be in the same DXCC entity as the transmitter for his QSO's to count! This means that if you are traveling outside the U.S. or actively serving overseas in our military, you can remote into a transmitter in the U.S. and those contacts will count towards your U.S. DXCC award. Here is a paragraph from the CEO of the ARRL Dave Sumner:
"It has always been permitted for a QSO to count for both stations, if either station was operated remotely from a control point within the same DXCC entity," Sumner explained. "Now the location of the operator doesn't matter; the operator could be on the far side of the Moon if he or she could figure out how to remotely control a station on land back on Earth from there."
OPINION
Some 6M dxcc holder have been criticised for going interstate to work DXCC like Adam VK4CP/6
and VK3OT VK8 (when in fact I already had DXCC as VK3OT) and others VK4 in VK8 VK2 in VK7 VK7 in VK3 list goes on as does the b/s about the ops.
however like it or no
You can buy time on any other VK remote within our borders and work your Europeans in winter to your hearts content
or like VK6 reduce the dx between VK6 and VK east coast by having a remote in Albany or Eucla or wherever and work 2M as you wish
whatever your decision how you conduct your station.
So all those guys in low 90s salvation is at hand, it will come down to ethics and how you feel about doing it that way.
Just get it right
the erratic CW on 110 this summer from a VK who was maybe not at home
sending L instead of Z and 6 ditts for 5 and running the morse characters into each other needs to do some work on the setup.
just the messenger care less either way 100 is 100 101 is a bonus.
cheers