I'd like to see the ARRL change part <b) to address the needs of the Amateur Radio Community in light of the recent radical increase in electrical noise from consumer switching power supplies, variable speed motors, LED lighting, solar panels with "optimizers", and all of the other "energy efficient" wideband RF garbage generators.
I think a more practical "Station Location and Boundary, <b)" rule would be to have the RX and TX located in either "in the same grid square" or "within 100 KM" and of course within the same DXCC Entity. I also think that building and maintaining a shared Community Low Noise RX Receiver Site would make a great DX Club project and service. Let's get this rule updated. How do we get started? 73 Lloyd - N9LB -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Thomson Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 10:57 AM To: TopBand List <[email protected]> Subject: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:32:20 -0600 From: "Mike Cizek W0VTT" <[email protected]> To: "'Jean-Paul Albert'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters <9. Station Location and Boundary: <b) All transmitters and receivers comprising a station used for a specific <contact must be located within a 500-meter diameter circle. ## What about folks like W8JI, et all, that have a myriad of ants strewn over nearly 20 acres, and well outside the 500 meter limit ? <This means it is legal to use a remote station to work DX, but it is NOT <legal to transmit from home and use a remote receive site. ## This is about as stupid as it gets. Jim VE7RF <Mike Cizek W0VTT _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
