[OKDXA] Disposition of AL811 Linear

[Jerry Chouinard via OKDXA]

Not at all Roger! Find you something in Iran and knock their socks off.

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On Jan 21, 2015, at 9:41 PM, "Roger Simpson" <rksimpson1 at cox.net> wrote:

> I will be giving the linear to Ryan, WO0KEE. Ryan passed his ham radio license about a year ago. He is Gene's [W5LE] son.
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> To keep DXing alive we all need to be helping and mentoring new DXers.
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> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> BTW, What do all of you think of the New Rules [or new non rules?] that the ARRL Board decided on for DXCC remote operations?
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> They decided to "open the floodgates" by not placing any distance restriction on remote operation -- not even requiring the remote control point and the physical transmitter / receive location to be in the same entity or the same continent or the same planet. According to Sumner:  "Now the location of the operator doesn't matter, the operator could be on the far side of the Moon if he or she could figure out how to remotely control a station on land back on Earth from there".
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> However, they added a new Section 11 that says [my paraphrase] "remote operation can open a Pandora's Box relative to what's ethical. We will leave it to peer pressure amongst various amateurs to work out what is 'ethical' relative to remote --- but we at the ARRL are not going to do anything to define any parameters relative to what is or is not "ethical". Here is a snip of Subsection 11 taken directly from the ARRL BoD press release:
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> The Board further adopted a new rule, now Subsection 11 (subsequent rules will be renumbered accordingly), that acknowledges the reality of the technology enabling remote operation, and it puts greater responsibility on individuals when it comes to applying that technology ethically and responsibly.
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> “Issues concerning remotely controlled operating and DXCC are best dealt with by each individual carefully considering the ethical limits that he/she will accept for his/her DXCC and other operating awards,” the new rule states. It adds, in part, “the owner of these achievements needs to be comfortable standing behind his/her award and numbers. Peer attention has always been a part of awards chasing, of course, but in these times with so many awards and so many players, it is more important than even to ‘play the game ethically.’”
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> Subsection 11 acknowledges that technological advances “add to the difficulty in defining rules for DXCC,” but stresses that the intent of the rules is what’s important. “It will continue to be up to the operator to decide what types of legal remote control operating he/she will use (if any) to contribute to an operating award,” the new rule concludes.
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> My response to this:  "Holy Toledo". The board must think that something is potentially "unethical" about remote but they don't want to promulgate any rules as to what is either "ethical" or "not ethical". The DXCC will mean different things to different people. Maybe over time various "consensus views" will be developed by various groups of like minded DXers. In 20 years we might have the Southern Calif Remote DXCC Club and the Southern Calif Non-Remote DXCC club. I guess that people will be able to define the way they want to participate in the DXCC program. Since this whole thing is a hobby I guess this makes sense.
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> They ARRL is probably wise to avoid getting in the middle of clan warfare over this.
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> Hey, I'm having trouble working EP6T from Central Oklahoma. Do you guys mind if I sit here in OKC in front of my computer while I operate as TA/K5RKS from a superstation with stacked monobanders in Ankara?
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> 73  Roger   K5RKS
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