Hello All, If I understand correctly in the US , as far as DXCC, it is legal to be in the East coast have the TX antenna in the East cost and have a remote RX in the West coast ??? same country . 73 Jacques F6BKI ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Q Meeker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:03 PM Subject: Topband: Web-based SDRs and DXCC [was Web SDR's and 'Cheating']
>I am glad to see this subject return to the topband reflector. > > Hard to believe, but contrary to what Tree has said, my > investigations indicate that the present DXCC rules would, > unfortunately, permit the use of remote Internet-connected SDRs in > another continent for purposes of making DXCC contacts. In my posting > here last year, > > http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/2010-01/msg00009.html > > I outlined my correspondence with the DXCC desk on the subject. > Perhaps if more people make the point to the DXCC desk, their ARRL > reps (on the DXAC and at the Section level) we can get the rules to > be changed (or clarified) so that this kind of activity is clearly > out of bounds. > > The (somewhat related) DXAC report to which I referred in the posting > has been moved or removed from the ARRL webpages. If anyone wants to > get a copy, send email to me. > > 73, > > Bill > K0KT > > > > At 14:00 2/11/2011, you wrote: > >>From: Tree <[email protected]> >>CC: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:17:17 -0600 >>Subject: Re: Topband: Web SDR's and 'Cheating' >> ext/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>MIME-Version: 1.0 >> >>On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 07:21:26PM -0800, Bob Kupps wrote: >> >> > What is the ethical position on this, it sure seems wrong to me >> >>What country are the people really "working" with their radio? >> >>There is not a two way exchange of information with someone in a >>single country - therefore - no QSO. The DX station is making >>these QSOs not count. If caught - they will not be accepted for >>DXCC. >> >>Next step - put the transmitter there too and make it even easier!! >> >>Boo hiss!! >> >>Tree N6TR > > William Q. Meeker > Department of Statistics > 2109 Snedecor Hall > Iowa State University > Ames, Iowa 50011 > Phone: 515-294-5336 > Fax: 515-294-4040 > Home Fax: 515-232-1323 > www.public.iastate.edu/~wqmeeker > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
