[Dx-qsl] Remote station time-share for only $30/mo!

[Ron Lago]

agree Rob....whiners
On 1/27/2015 8:31 AM, Roberto Rey wrote:
> Your opinion is as respectable as mine and I say that the DXCC is and 
> will always be a individual achievement.. can we let go this now?
> If you don't like the new rules go into collecting seashells, but as 
> somebody said before, spare us the dramatics!
>
> Relinquish your ham license or do whatever you want, but can we stop 
> beating the dead horse now?
>
> 73 de Rob HK3CW
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra at sasktel.net>
> To: "'Dave AA6YQ'" <aa6yq at ambersoft.com>; "'dx-qsl'" 
> <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Remote station time-share for only $30/mo!
>
>
>> Dave, good luck with your project.
>> Yes I have to agree that the new DXCC is no longer an individual
>> achievement, it has to be a group effort.
>> So you should let us know what countries you still need, then we can 
>> help.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Given the changes in the rules regarding the DXCC awards program, I've
>> decided to turn my station into a "*remote station
>> time-share*" (RSTS).
>>
>> While other services will force you to buy an Elecraft K3 (or rent 
>> you the
>> head-end) and ask you to pay about $3,000 per year, my offering will be
>> about $30 per month and will not require hardware on your
>> end.  All you'll need is *Ham Radio Deluxe* and the free TeamViewer.
>> Subscribers will have access to specific slots of time to use
>> my station when I'm at work or otherwise not home.
>>
>> You'll be logging to a web-based database running MySQL... so you'll 
>> never
>> lose a log and can have access to it when you're not
>> connected to the "RSTS".
>>
>> I think you'll enjoy jumping into pileups with my Yaesu FTdx5000MP 
>> and OCF
>> Windom at 25' (my HOA doesn't know it's there).  (In case
>> you think the station is lame, I'm 1 country away from DXCC Honor 
>> Roll and
>> have 1,500 Challenge credits.  If you happen to work one
>> of the 10 I have left on my station, and since DXCC is no longer a
>> reflection of "individual achievement" as the last version of the
>> rules stated, then heck... toss my call out there for me.)
>>
>>>>> Rule 11 of the revised DXCC awards says
>>
>> "... it is never OK for you to ask someone else at another station in
>> another place to make QSOs for you."
>>
>> <http://www.arrl.org/dxcc-rules>
>>
>>>>> And the revised rules still say "Individual achievement is 
>>>>> measured by
>> working and confirming the various entities comprising the
>> DXCC List. This is the essence of the DXCC program."
>>
>>
>>
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