US1Q called me during the contest and was much too loud to be in the Ukraine. I am quite sure that he was using a remote TX station in the USA. This would be a question for the contest administrator to decide on. HNYn7dd
Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com On Tuesday, December 31, 2019, Mike Smith VE9AA <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Nick, I did not work US1Q during this years contest, so won't comment on that operator (but I understand 100% what you are saying, even though your English is not perfect, hi hi) I have in the past, "worked" an Italian station on 160m (I forget the call) at 5NN+30dB many hours after sunrise in Italy, so I know exactly what you are saying. Fortunately (I think) we 'hope' these fellows using USA remotes (and any remotes, actually) are the 1/1000 of true operators and not every other operator. I can only surmise they find satisfaction in trying to fool everyone, but personally I don't "get it" (don't understand) They are only really fooling themselves and it's themselves that stare back at them in the mirror every morning. 73 de Mike VE9AA FN66 (New Brunswick, Canada) Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
