[Elecraft] K3/0

[Edward R. Cole]

I guess I can see both sides on this issue.

There is a group of about a dozen Swiss hams that formed a club and 
set up a 60-foot dish for eme.  In Europe having sufficient land and 
room for one's own super-antenna farm is just about impossible.  But 
the site is not commercial; the hams built the dish and club house 
and maintain all.  But the members can operate eme remotely from 
their house via the internet.

Many living in apartments, condos, HOA, etc. cannot put up the 
station they might desire so if they can afford a remote property to 
set up their station it makes a good compromise.  As I see it the 
remote-control qth would not be the official transmitter qth for 
contests & awards or other records.  That would be the location that 
transmitter/antennas are installed.

I am lucky to have 2-3/4 acres with no restrictions, covenants, 
zoning, or city ordinances.  If I want to build it, I do.  No 
permits. No inspections.  No city "fathers"!  My property is even 
bounded on one side by a private airstrip/road.  I just talked to my 
neighbor who owns the 3800-foot strip with my plans to put up a tower 
within 80-feet to the side of the runway and he said "no 
problem".  Of course the spruce trees are about the same height and 
he has to stay above them, too.  FAA is not involved as it is not a 
public airstrip.

Hams are experimenting with wifi on 2.4 and 5.6 GHz and legally able 
to run more ERP than the commercial services.  A wifi link for remote 
control of a station is a possibility.  It might only require a patch 
antenna in the window to connect with the remote transmitter 
site.  What is needed are ham radios with remote control interface.


73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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