With regards to below...
If folks can't hear each other on 160, how about...then they don't make the QSO. Distant remotes are bogus, and we don't need more power. This isn't SUPPOSED to be easy. That's what makes it a CHALLENGE. 73, Drew K3PA ## If folks cant hear each other on 160m, instead of using remote RX..or remote RX + TX, perhaps a push for increased power limits on the lower bands is in order, esp on 160m. If you look at it in terms of ERP, it seems silly that 1.5 kw into stacked yagis on a 200 ft tower on 40-10m is... OK, but 3-5 kw into a 50 ft high dipole on 160m is a no-no. Makes no sense. Message: 4 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:26:42 -0800 From: "Jim Thomson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Topband: Kostas' point Message-ID: <E4A52F2F23644A4687B2D7F5B7173714@JimPC> Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:07:04 -0500 From: <[email protected]> To: "John Randall" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Cc: "MEZEY JIM" <[email protected]>, "w1zc" <[email protected]>, "W2WGK" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: Kostas' point <The ONLY positive solution I see is for the ARRL to rewrite Section 9 of the DXCC rules?right now totally remote stations (Rx+Tx) are OK but split Rx and Tx more than 500 meters apart are NOT...does this make sense ? If a totally separate STATION 3000 mi away is OK, why can?t one use just the Rx feature of the remote station and transmit from home ?? ARRL needs to drop the 500 meter rule as it makes no sense and limits the expansion of new technology. 73 jay NY2NY ## congrats, you just nailed it ! Current rules are stupid as a brick. Operate your remote, just outside of town, on a hill top, and dead quiet RX, and also TX is... OK..... BUT TX from your postage stamp city lot... then RX from the SAME remote is a big... no-no. Now expand that concept to.... TX + RX, using a remote that is 3500 miles away, on the east coast of canada, which is 5 times zones ahead of us folks on the west coast.... no problems, fully legal. But TX on the west coast + RX on the east coast... another big no-no. What if a station in southern california uses a remote RX, in XE land, just across the border... another no-no. But its...ok for the same southern W6 station to use a rx + tx remote on the east coast of the usa. ## Current arrl rules have more holes than a sieve. IF both stations are using remote RX, then dxcc will become a snap. Just find a remote RX..close to whoever you want to work. Heck, you could do that with simple ants + 100 watts..at both ends. ## If folks cant hear each other on 160m, instead of using remote RX..or remote RX + TX, perhaps a push for increased power limits on the lower bands is in order, esp on 160m. If you look at it in terms of ERP, it seems silly that 1.5 kw into stacked yagis on a 200 ft tower on 40-10m is... OK, but 3-5 kw into a 50 ft high dipole on 160m is a no-no. Makes no sense. Jim VE7RF _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
