[Dx-qsl] NEW DXCC RULES - REMOTE STATIONS

Thu Jan 22 17:36:48 EST 2015

Well that makes a mockery of DXCC. A US station could rent super-
stations in Maine, Washington, Texas and Florida to get the "easy"
path to P5, 3Y1-b, or even K1N (KP1), etc. on all bands.
The Board *should have* limited DXCC credit to QSOs made from the
operator's "Home Station" only. Thus a "snow bird" could remotely
operate his station in Michigan from his winter home in Florida
or the station at his "winter home" in Arizona from his "summer
place" in Idaho but not play "dial a DX" by picking a commercial
"for rent" QTH based on beneficial propagation (and bankroll).
An individual who lives in a CC&R restricted community would still
be free to build a remote station "on a farm" outside town - it's
his "home station" but again, he would be restricted to that single
remote station and not play "dial a DX" ...
Anyone in Western Washington have a station I can "borrow" next time
XZ, BS7, BV9P and P5 are on the air (or a bunch of others I need on
the low bands)?
73,
 ... Joe, W4TV
On 2015年01月22日 4:57 PM, dx-qsl-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> Date: 2015年1月22日 16:05:54 -0500
 > From: Ken Boasi<n2zn at rochester.rr.com>
 > To: MG<mgreen at erols.com> Cc: DX Posts<DX-QSL at mailman.qth.net>
 > Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] NEW DXCC RULES - REMOTE STATIONS
> Message-ID:<65C85CE1-AAAF-416F-BA71-B097468B1298 at rochester.rr.com>
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>> Yes, you read it right; the operator can be anywhere in the world.
> The important part is this line:
>>> "Transmitter location continues to define a station's location, and,
> for DXCC purposes, all transmitters and receivers must be located
> within a 500 meter diameter circle, excluding antennas".
>> So, you can't really use a Japanese remote station to work P5 and
> expect to get credit for your US call. Even if you were operating the
> Japanese remote legally with a JA call, it's still no good for your
> US call based DXCC award.
>> Where the RF is being generated from is the important part, in
> addition to having a legal license to operate (generate RF) from that
> location.
>> Ken N2ZN