[Elecraft] HOA Crap

[Rick NK7I]

The difference there is that you(r club) own/s, maintain/s the station, 
not rents it.  Just as I operate my home station from where I happen to 
be.  It is also what I suggested for those infected with HOA rules.

I'll double down; any station that uses a remote receiver to augment 
"for awards, certificates or similar" is a blight; an immoral aberration 
to our hobby.  (I'm excluding nets, that isn't for any awards, but will 
fail when it's real.)

Jim, I agree, rental hopping for the purposes of DXCC or similar, is 
equally immoral and as such, should be banned from such awards.  Use 
your own, a club or a friends station WHILE physically there if your 
morality reaches that far.  Mine doesn't; I've used other stations and 
entered into THEIR log, not mine (the station is not mine, simple).

I've read the OP page on QRZ and that's all great; a life WELL lived.  
But to call a non-radio owner a ham, just isn't right. It's ham RADIO, 
not ham internet.

Noise was one of the reasons for me escaping the HOA world; some things 
just can't be fixed.  I was able to make informed choices on my 
purchase, which has made ALL the difference (in DXing at least).  -127 
dBm is my normal noise floor on most bands now; not the -80 I had before.

At the least, own a simple HT, KX#, to call yourself a ham in more than 
license.

73 all,
Rick NK7I


On 6/29/2021 12:47 PM, Gordon LaPoint wrote:
> I setup a remote about 10 miles from my house, with KT1I and WB8PKK, 
> because KT1I had to move into an apartment with no antennas, and my 
> noise level has gone to 20overS9 on 80-20 and is some what bad on 
> 18-10.  I still use my home station, but use the remote for low 
> bands.  So I can see the benifet of setting up and using remotes.
> See: http:\\www.n1mgo.org
> Gordon - N1MGO
>
> On 6/29/2021 15:41 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> On 6/29/2021 11:53 AM, Bert wrote:
>>> What has that to do with his opinion about renting a ham station?
>>> Did I miss something?
>>
>> Yes. Two things. With all this guy has done with ham radio, I don't 
>> think anyone has the right to lecture him on what ham radio is.
>>
>> And eventually, if we live long enough, all of us are likely to be in 
>> situations where having our own station is simply not possible. I 
>> fail to see a problem with operating another station remotely.
>>
>> My only objection (and is a STRONG one) is the use of a station 
>> geographically positioned to add a new country or band country to 
>> one's DXCC count.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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