What difference does it make? Who cares if someone else, rich or not, cheats? We should encourage them to work K1N as quickly as possible and then go away.
I leave you with a Shakespeare quote, "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing". Tod, K0TO Sent from my iPad air > On Feb 4, 2015, at 12:00 PM, Joel Harrison <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dave - you are correct. That very statement was rather boldly made by a > prominent 160 meter person right here. At the time I thought about > throwing the flag on that one but decided, then, not to. I know the remote > folks can track ISP addresses of those connected but do not know how they > can verify a station outside the country where the remote is located is > identifying correctly and lawfully. > > So, I'll make a bold statement here....The remote folks don't care and > will not control it as long as the $$$$ are flowing in. Money talks and > the rules can go to hell. > > Am I wrong?? Then prove me wrong and let's see some hammering down on this > by the remote folks. > > 73 Joel W5ZN > > >> I mentioned last week that we would be seeing over seas stations using US >> based remotes stations to work K1N. It was mentioned here that this won't >> happen, and that the US remote station operators monitor this activity >> carefully and do not permit it. Well, it is happening. I have personally >> witnessed on IT9 station and one JA station using clearly NA based remote >> stations to work K1N on 160m. That's probably just the tip of the >> iceberg. It's rather obvious when they are on 160m and are 20 or 30 db >> stronger than the din of the DX stations calling. There will be more. >> Incidentally, they were not signing at /W#, /K#, etc. Realistically it's >> probably not preventable but saddening. >> >> In the meantime, I think the K1N ops are doing nothing short of a fabulous >> job. Excellent Q rates, good job managing the piles, deftly QSYing to >> dodge DQRM, all the while being quite cheerful and courteous. Bravo! >> >> 73. . . Dave, W0FLS >> _________________ >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > www.w5zn.org > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
