At 12:04 AM 11/13/06, Ed wrote:
>Alan Zack wrote:
>=========
> > I have seen on a reflector where the actual owner of the callsign was
> > asked if he was on the air and he replied no, his friends borrowed his
> > callsign for the contest. Legal? I guess so. Fair? Up to the beholder.
> > I would think they would need to be physically present
>------------
>Legal? Absolutely. I personally checked this one with the ARRL, and
>was
>told ANY USA ham could give permission to any OTHER US licensed ham
>ANYWHERE to use his callsign. And no, they do not to be physically
>present.
>
>So picture this: You have a buddy in Guam or Okinawa and N. Korea
>comes on. Just give him permission to use your call and he makes the
>QSO for you. An btw, the ARRL said any QSL from that QSO is
>perfectly legal and may be submitted for DXCC credit.
Okay, this is starting to drift away from contesting.
But, no that example is wrong on two counts.
First there's DXCC Rule 9 which states: "All stations must be
contacted from the same DXCC Entity."
So don't bother asking your friend in Guam.
And while it indeed true that you can grant permission (and also
share responsibility) for operations using your call sign from
"ANYWHERE," that's anywhere the amateur service is regulated by the
FCC (see Appendix 1 of Part 97). As your FCC issued call sign is not
valid from Okinawa, both you and your friend could end up in some
trouble in that example.
And secondly, there's DXCC Rule 10 which says: "All contacts must be
made using call signs issued to the same station licensee. Contacts
made by an operator other than the licensee must be made from a
station owned and usually operated by the licensee..."
You can certainly visit your friend's station in California or Maine
and work a DX station using your friend's station with your call for
DXCC credit. However, for DXCC credit, your friend can't work the DX
from his station on your behalf using your call.
>In fact, for the case I inquired about, the "super station" worked
>more than 100 countries on all bands except 160. So there, take the wife to
>dinner and collect your 5BDXCC.
Absolutely. DXCC is issued to a call sign not the operator(s). Always
has been. So yes, the owner of a "super station" accrues the credit
for his guests' efforts using his call sign. Nothing at all new or
shocking there. Just one more thing to consider when deciding "whose
call to use."
Now back to topics more germane to contesting.
73,
Mike K1MK
Michael Keane K1MK
k1mk@alum.mit.edu
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