Joe, Excuse? I had no idea I had to have an excuse to either be on the air or off the air, interesting.
73, Rich - N5ZC On 1/16/2012 8:40 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > John, > > Everyone has an "excuse" for his own remote control application. All > I'm saying is that wired remote control irrevocably changes the nature > of amateur radio and that remote control is not a requirement for > "success" and/or enjoyment of amateur radio in an antenna limited > environment. > > Sure it's a technical tour de force but it's not the same amateur radio > that my Elmers taught me more than 40 years ago. There is a major > qualitative difference between "hands on" amateur radio and "hands off" > remote operation and when we willingly accept the removal of the "hands > on" aspect, we give up much of the value of amateur radio. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 1/16/2012 9:22 PM, John K9UWA wrote: >> Sorry but I disagree with a good share of this Joe. My Station is at My Home >> in Indiana. I built the station and I operate it Remotely during the >> wintertime >> while I am in Florida. >> >> John k9uwa >> >> >>> > Joe said it "smells" and I'm just really curious why. >>> As far as I am concerned, remote operation changes the character of >>> amateur radio from over the air "amateur radio" to "landline based >>> commercial communication" at least in part. When the operator is not >>> present at the station (transmitting/receiving site) the "radio" part >>> of the communications path can become infinitesimal - nothing more >>> than a hand-held link to the nearest access point. >>> >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> ... Joe, W4TV >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
