US hams who were licensed in the 50's will remember that you got a separate
Operator's license and Station license. At some point the FCC merged the two --
probably to save paper.
Tod, K0TO
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> On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:47 AM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> While I agree in principle I question whether the receiver and it's location
> have legal identification requirements. In the U.S.A. at least, receivers and
> their operators are NOT licensed. Transmitters and transmitter operation are.
> One guideline I saw suggested a remote receiver - located in a quiet area -
> should be in the same grid square as the associated transmitter. A rule like
> that is from a contest or certificate sponsor and not from a regulatory
> agency like our FCC.
>
> There have always been and will always be 'cheaters'. They know who they are.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H
>
>
>> On 02/02/2015 12:07 AM, m.r. wrote:
>> To me the remote operation ethics have always been clear, and still are.
>>
>> It makes absolutely NO difference where the operator is sitting. The contact
>> is between the two physical stations.
>>
>> Any station - remotely controlled or not - must identify legally under the
>> rules of the county in which the RF transmitter and receiver are located.
>> This includes properly identifying the zone, state, section, grid square,
>> whatever the current activity requires. When it is just the country, that
>> must also be clear.
>>
>> In this case, if OE1AZS was using the W4ABC station, he could legally
>> identify in two ways, Just W4ABC, or W4/OE1AZS. It is NOT legal for a
>> transmitter in the W4 district of the US to be identified ONLY as OE1AZS.
>>
>> It does not matter if the person, OE1AZS, is sitting at the knobs at W4ABC,
>> or is sitting at home controlling the W4ABC station by remote control.
>>
>> But, folks who can, will cheat just to be first in a log. They really only
>> cheat themselves, to the DX station, its just one more contact Claming the
>> contact for DXCC or any other kind of award credit is cheating. Again, the
>> person most cheated is the individual who submits the contact for the award.
>>
>> Robin Critchell
>> WA6CDR
>
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