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

[Michael Carper]

!!!!Comments below:

I know some people take things very literally.  But to be clear, the whole
email was very tongue-in-cheek.    I would never support the idea of having
someone else make your QSOs for you.  Then again, I'm not in favor of
having someone else build your station for you either.  (which was the
whole point of the email, for those who take things so seriously that they
missed the point)

Mike, WA9PIE
(the one with the sense-of-humor)

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq at ambersoft.com> wrote:

> >>>AA6YQ comments below
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DX-QSL [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Doug
> Renwick
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:08 AM
> To: 'Dave AA6YQ'; 'dx-qsl'
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Remote station time-share for only $30/mo!
>
> Dave, good luck with your project.
>
> >>>You're confused; it's WA9PIE who proposed to have other ops make QSOs
> with his station using his callsign.
>
> 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.
>
> >>>If you misread the rules, you can reach any conclusion you like.
>
>           73,
>
>                Dave, AA6YQ
>
>
>
> -----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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