[Elecraft] HOA Crap

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 2021-06-29 5:40 PM, Doug Person wrote:
> 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.
Using a remote station that you own/use exclusively is one thing.  Using
a remote station that rents by the hour - in New England one hour, the
Pacific Northwest a few hours later, perhaps in Hawaii or Puerto Rico
the next day ... that simply is no longer Amateur Radio.  "Rent a Shack"
is about as close to commercial radio as one can come and still pretend
to be amateur.

I'm not talking about a rental condo/home in some Caribbean island for
a week or two holiday with a ham shack for "down time" (or a contest
weekend) ... that is more like using a club station, a friend's shack
or tossing a wire off a hotel balcony on a business trip.  However,
"shopping" rental stations for the best propagation to work some DX
station is simply immoral.  ARRL should modify DXCC (and contest) rules
to limit the use of "remotely controlled stations" to *one station*,
with all transmitters, receivers and antennas within a 500 foot circle
of which the licensee is the sole owner of the station.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2021-06-29 5:40 PM, Doug Person wrote:
> 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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