I strongly disagree with this provision of the new rules, the essence of
which is to discourage remote contest operation of US stations by those
without a US license. The local "control operator" contributes nothing
to operation of the station.
Compare this, for example, to me turning my station over to a local
guest operator. That doesn't make the operation multi unless someone
else does something during the contest besides make coffee.
Perhaps this rule is the result of some sort of compromise between
opposing factions. Whatever the reason, I think they got it wrong.
73, Jim K9YC
On 7/27/2017 7:33 AM, Radio K0HB wrote:
I think the key word is “acts”.
If the remote operator completely controls the station then the on-site
presence of another (non-participating) licensee at the station isn’t
germane.
However, if the on-site person acts as a participant in the operation
(adjusts equipment, switches antennas, etc) then it would (from my view) be
a multiple operator effort.
If the mere presence of another licensee on-site makes you multi-op, then
I’ll have to send K0CKB (my XYL) to a hotel during every contest that I
want to single-op.
73, de Hans, K0HB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 08:06 jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
Bart - the wording of the rule change for remote operations ("If another
operator acts as the on-site control operator of the remote station you are
using, the entry must be submitted in a multioperator category") implies
that there is no such thing as a single-op remote entry.
How does the control-op issue compare to a physical guest op, where the
station owner is still physically present during the contest? Should such
guest operations be considered multi-op as well? If the issue is that the
local control op*might* be required to take some action, the same is true
of the station owner with a physically present guest op.
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