That's too bad...

Part of why I like DXing is the connection between people a long
distance apart... it just doesn't seem the same if it's got to go all
the way over fiber too..

It's pretty cool technology though. I suppose it should count for
DXCC, especially if it lets more people get some of the rare ones.

I wonder what the status of doing something like the previous poster
suggested and dropping a remote station on Scarborough would be...
weatherproof shell, Iridium data link... tidal power generation....
stick a BiggIR vertical on top and some trailing wires down into the
water and it could easily QSY.... it'd be like having a resident
operator.

Not as cool as contacting some crazy guys and gals actually sitting in
the middle of nowhere on a little rock, I think.

Dan
N3OX

David Thompson wrote:
Doug,

This counts for DXCC. Was reported in the ARRL letter some time ago.

The actual transmitter is in Iraq. No matter where the operator is...KH7R
is another remote control example
often run from W7 in contests.

73 Dave K4JRB