> I am concerned about the concept of a remote station on these contests. What is the maximum distance to the remote and do the transmitter and receiver have to be co-located? I'm located five miles form the ocean and the noise level is much lower from there but that is not my QTH.
This sounds similar to the situation that is already addressed in the rules. And I quote: "We do realize that some stations use remote receivers to eliminate their local QRN issues. We wish to include them in the contest - but need to put some kind of limit on it as we do not intend for people to have remote receivers on the other side of their country - or in other continents. That would totally destroy the concept of awarding extra QSO points for copying QRP stations. Therefore, remote receivers are okay as long as they are not more than 100 kM from your transmitter site. This equates to roughly a grid square. NOTE - we don't intend for you to use a remote receiver so you can do SO2R without QRM from your TX signal. So - if you use a remote receiver - do not use a local one at the same time." Let me know if you still have any questions. 73 Tree N6TR On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM mstangelo--- via Topband < [email protected]> wrote: > I am not a contester but Stew Perry is one that I participate in when I > have time. I am concerned about the concept of a remote station on these > contests. What is the maximum distance to the remote and do the transmitter > and receiver have to be co-located? I'm located five miles form the ocean > and the noise level is much lower from there but that is not my QTH. > > Mike N2MS > > > On 10/14/2026 3:03 PM EDT Ron Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Mike fair questions. > > > > Re remote, I don't think there are any constraints. BUT, you must use > the grid square where its located. > > > > Re SDRs, pretty sure the rule is it must be within 60 miles of the > station you are using (1 grid square). I'd guess that eliminates any > benefit of using several SDRs for receive. But you do have time to ask Tree > these questions directly. Or perhaps he'll also reply.....and correct > whatever mistakes I've made. I have NO roll in the Stew Perry Contest other > than as a participant. > > > > Hope to hear you on. > > > > Ron > > N4XD > > > > Sent using Zoho Mail (https://www.zoho.com/mail/) > > > > > > > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: "Ron Spencer"<[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:29:48 -0400 > > Subject: Re: Topband: Stew Perry rules > > > > > What is the definition of your remote radio. What if I have multiple > remote sdr's around the world? > > > > > > Mike N2MS > > > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
