[Elecraft] REMOTE STATIONS - was Re: iphone remote control for the KPA500

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Amen Jim ... well stated!!!!!!!!!!

73 Dwight NS9I


On 5/17/2017 12:20 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> You have a highly distorted view of remote operation, which seems to 
> be based on the "rent a shack" of Remote Ham Radio. I do agree that 
> buying time on someone else's remote station thousands of miles from 
> your own to fill in DX countries is cheating, even though it doesn't 
> technically violate rules for the awards. But that's only one small 
> fraction of remote operation.
>
> What's being discussed here (I think) is setting up one's own station 
> for remote operation, perhaps from a hotel room while traveling, or 
> one located in a quiet location that is not bothered by RF noise from 
> neighbors, and where antennas are not limited by local restrictions. 
> Setting up a station for remote operation is a real engineering 
> challenge, especially if there's much antenna switching involved. I 
> have a great deal of respect for those hams who have successfully done 
> so.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On Wed,5/17/2017 5:32 AM, Gian Luca Cazzola wrote:
>> It’s only my opinion or other think the same?
>
>
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