[Elecraft] HOA Crap

[Doug Person]

I own a condo in Loveland, CO just south of Fort Collins. The HOA is a 
pain in the butt. My main residence is on the other side of the Rockies 
in rural northwestern Colorado where I have acreage, many wire antennas 
and a tower with a nice HexBeam on it. When I'm in Loveland I operate my 
rural station remotely. It works well and is a lot of fun.  I operate 
10, 6, 2 and 70cm with antennas in the attic of my condo. But getting on 
HF is always going to be remote.

To me hamming is communicating and solving technical challenges and then 
being proud of your accomplishments. Remote hamming is just another 
version and I'm glad I'm able to do it. In the future I may have to give 
up my rural residence, When I do, a neighbor and good friend of mine is 
ready and willing to let me setup a solar-powered  remote station on his 
property. Without that option I would probably be off HF completely.

Remote operating is becoming more and more important for people who 
otherwise have no option for HF.  That's probably why the K4 has such 
excellent facilities for remote operations. Getting on the air and 
making contacts, talking to old friends all over the world, adding a new 
country or even just a state - THAT is ham radio to me.

Doug -- K0DXV

On 6/29/2021 2:35 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
> On 6/28/21 at 12:45 AM, rick.nk7i at gmail.com (Rick Bates, NK7I) wrote:
>
>> Ditto using remote receivers to augment your own; your station can or 
>> cannot; it's THAT simple.
>
> [With apologies to N4ZR. I'll try to tie my comment to germain topics.]
>
> I generally disagree with NK7I's comments because I think ham radio is 
> a huge tent, and the point is having fun.
>
> However, this comment tickled the thought that setting up remote 
> receivers could be something hams do regularly. I can imagine a remote 
> receiver at one son's house in Colorado, and another at the other 
> son's house in California.
>
> These receivers might be useful for activities like the Elecraft net, 
> where frequently the QRO stations, which are the backbone of the net, 
> can't hear the QRP stations who try to check in. It would be a fun 
> project in station building.
>
> 73 Bill AE6JV
>
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