Re: Topband: Remote operation

2023-10-24 Thread Jim Brown
On 10/24/2023 9:15 AM, Paul Mcl wrote: and he confirmed that was correct and he was using a large rhombic by the ocean. Consider the dimensions of a Rhombic for 160M, and that to benefit for being "by the ocean," the QSO would have been long path. 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2023-10-24 Thread Paul Mcl
Tree, Is that the op the WB6 I worked twice: 160m on 24Nov22 @ 2130Z 80m on 7Dec/22 @ 2215Z I emailed shortly after to ask if he was transmitting from CA per his QRZ.com details and he confirmed that was correct and he was using a large rhombic by the ocean. Both contacts are confirmed in

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2023-10-24 Thread uy0zg via Topband
I can only guess :- --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua Mike Waters писал 2023-10-24 19:05: On Tue, Oct 24, 2023, 10:55 AM uy0zg via Topband wrote: But it’s better not to be sad :- Beautiful advice! :-) Let’s congratulate Dmitry, UT5UGR - yesterday, in a

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2023-10-24 Thread Mike Waters
On Tue, Oct 24, 2023, 10:55 AM uy0zg via Topband wrote: > > But it’s better not to be sad :- Beautiful advice! :-) Let’s congratulate Dmitry, > UT5UGR - yesterday, in a desperate dash, he finally got into the T2C > log! > What antennas did each of them use, do you know? 73 Mike

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2023-10-24 Thread uy0zg via Topband
Hi But it’s better not to be sad :- Let’s congratulate Dmitry, UT5UGR - yesterday, in a desperate dash, he finally got into the T2C log! In the conditions of colossal city noise, he made contact. The only one from Ukraine. It's almost a historical event. There is no one from

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2023-10-23 Thread Mike Smith VE9AA
Tree and everyone: Sadly, cheating has "always been a thing".(I'd like to think a little "less so" in ham radio)_I love this hobby and the great people I've met because of it. Back in the early 1990's there was a K7 station from the PNW(no, not K7RAT,hi) who had some kind of landline

Topband: Remote operation

2023-10-22 Thread TreeN6TR
While I hesitate to post this, at some point, this behavior needs to be called out for what it is. Believe it or not - there is a station who has a well established pattern of working DX on 160 meters from "California". I use quotes here, because this station claims to be in California, or the

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2020-02-08 Thread HP
ght it | > up. . .hi. Also, if you waiting in anticipation of the "approaching | > low band season" I regret to inform you it's half over. 73. . | > . Dave, W0FLS | > -Original Message- From: STEVE DANIEL | > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2020 9:31 PM | > To: topband@co

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2020-02-08 Thread STEVE DANIEL
> .hi. Also, if you waiting in anticipation of the "approaching low band > season" I regret to inform you it's half over. 73. . . Dave, W0FLS > > -Original Message- > From: STEVE DANIEL > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2020 9:31 PM > To: topban

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2020-02-07 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
low band season" I regret to inform you it's half over. 73. . . Dave, W0FLS -Original Message- From: STEVE DANIEL Sent: Friday, February 07, 2020 9:31 PM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Remote operation Let's see. It has been at least five years since RHR'

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2020-02-07 Thread daraymond
nt: Friday, February 07, 2020 9:31 PM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Remote operation Let's see. It has been at least five years since RHR's "remote operation for the masses" hit the air waves. After several years of hand-wringing, teeth gnashing and proclamations tha

Topband: Remote operation

2020-02-07 Thread STEVE DANIEL
 Let's see. It has been at least five years since RHR's "remote operation for the masses" hit the air waves. After several years of hand-wringing, teeth gnashing and proclamations that the amateur world as we know it is ending the ARRL made it clear that remote operations, so long as they

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2019-10-13 Thread Mike Waters
Very well said, Dave. You are an emotionally mature fellow, as most folks here are. I don't often join in with discussions like these, but ... Some individuals simply decide to whine and complain. That's just a fact. And that'll never change. A recurring theme on this reflector. Finally, our

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2019-10-13 Thread Artek Manuals
Neither What is killing amateur radio is that for most young people it is not relevant. When you can chat face to face anywhere in the world with a PC and cell phone they ( understandably) don't see the attraction or experience the thrill of hanging up a wire and waiting for sunset/sunrise

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2019-10-13 Thread David Olean
Joel, Have another Margarita. Things will improve greatly. Jacques On 10/13/2019 6:15 PM, w...@w5zn.org wrote: OK I'm confused..was it remotes or FT8 that killed amateur radio?? Or maybe the 50 other chicken little proclamations that did? I need professional help to sort this all out

Re: Topband: Remote operation

2019-10-13 Thread w5zn
OK I'm confused..was it remotes or FT8 that killed amateur radio?? Or maybe the 50 other chicken little proclamations that did? I need professional help to sort this all out (that's a given, so please don't comment on that condition!) 73 Joel W5ZN _ Searchable Archives:

Topband: Remote operation

2019-10-13 Thread STEVE DANIEL
Let's see. It has been at least five years since RHR's "remote operation for the masses" hit the air waves. After several years of hand-wringing, teeth gnashing and proclamations that the amateur world as we know it is ending the ARRL made it clear that remote operations, so long as they adhere

Re: Topband: Remote Operation

2015-02-05 Thread Gary Jones
It does not make you wonder we all know EXACTLY what is going on, and its illegal, and going to become commonplace. Disgusting 73 W5FI Gary On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 2:41 PM, steve.r...@culligan4water.com wrote: Anybody else hear the UA4 in the Navassa pileup last night?

Re: Topband: Remote Operation

2015-02-05 Thread Herbert Schoenbohm
Sorry to drag out this matter but maybe someone will share by take on it. This whole concept is treading on thin ice as far as the hobby is concerned. Operators with only a computer can conceivably build up their DXCC totals without even having an actual station and work DX siting in their

Topband: Remote Operation

2015-02-05 Thread steve . root
Anybody else hear the UA4 in the Navassa pileup last night? Hearing Europe from here is kind of a big deal. Hearing Eastern Europe or Russia is a bigger deal. Not hearing anything else from Europe except a UA4 that's S-9 ? Makes you wonder. 73 Steve K0SR _ Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Remote Operation

2015-02-02 Thread Jim N7US
I have all of my licenses, starting with a Novice in 1964. The last one that specified a Fixed Station Operation Location was issued in 1984. 73, Jim N7US -Original Message- On Mon,2/2/2015 2:32 AM, Dragoslav Balaban wrote: Callsign is assigned to HAM for Station, and Station have

Re: Topband: Remote Operation

2015-02-02 Thread Bill Cromwell
Hi, While I agree in principle I question whether the receiver and it's location have legal identification requirements. In the U.S.A. at least, receivers and their operators are NOT licensed. Transmitters and transmitter operation are. One guideline I saw suggested a remote receiver -

Re: Topband: Remote Operation

2015-02-02 Thread Dragoslav Balaban
-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of m.r. Sent: Monday, 02 February, 2015 06:07 To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Remote Operation To me the remote operation ethics have always been clear, and still are. It makes absolutely NO difference where the operator is sitting. The contact

Re: Topband: Remote Operation

2015-02-02 Thread Tod
US hams who were licensed in the 50's will remember that you got a separate Operator's license and Station license. At some point the FCC merged the two -- probably to save paper. Tod, K0TO Sent from my iPad air On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:47 AM, Bill Cromwell wrcromw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,

Re: Topband: Remote Operation

2015-02-02 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon,2/2/2015 2:32 AM, Dragoslav Balaban wrote: Callsign is assigned to HAM for Station, and Station have physical / geographic Location , Latitude/Longitude.. That is no longer true for US hams, since the 1970s. Our license is an operator license only, the address is a mailing address

Re: Topband: Remote Operation

2015-02-02 Thread Bill Cromwell
Hi, I just pulled my last license (now expired) from the desk drawer and looked at it. It refers to my primary station and has the physical address. I'm pretty sure my current license will bear the same information. It's up for renewal and maybe the new one will be different. Other parts of