Wasn't this topic beat to death less than a year ago... You can regulate what
ifs!
There is hardly any difference between a club station supported by members and
this approach...the club members are spread across vast distances and operate
the station remotely, big deal. These are well architected stations that most
of us will never construct let alone own or in this case afford to operate.
The scenario doesn't make option particularly questionable. It's just different
and clearly designed for the few in our hobby that are easily separated from
their hard earned dollars....;-) its just one aspect of our hobby, not the end
of it.
73,
Dave
Wa3gin
P.S. what's killing the hobby is the dead weight from all the no code tech
license holders who flooded our hobby after 9/11 thinking it would be a good
idea to have a backup for their cell phones....after years of no follow-on
attacks those handhelds they bought lay idle with dead batteries in a dresser
drawer. Sadly, the clubs that sponsored the ham cram one and two day classes
have ignored these new entrants to the hobby...so it appears has the ARRL! No
follow-up classes to teach basic RF theory, so these folks could get interested
in the real hobby not just the convince of a 2 m repeater during power
outages... Those that took the next level of cram class don't have a clue what
they are doing with HF antenna, amps, processors, etc. we've all heard them on
75 and 40m. Clueless! So, here is a threat to the hobby, perhaps, and all it
takes is some of us getting engaged in training that demands thinking, not
memorization.
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On Aug 3, 2013, at 8:14 AM, K8RI <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net> wrote:
> On 8/3/2013 9:17 AM, Mickey Baker wrote:
>> Where did anyone every get the idea that there shouldn't be profit in ham
>> radio?
>
> We are not talking about profit in ham radio, we are talking about profit
> from using your station
> We are talking about hams, or a group of hams making money from their
> licensed station, not from selling their station or equipment.
> When you sell the station,and a ham puts it on the air it receives a license
> which is to a physical location.
>
> If yo let someone use the station they have to stick to the limitations of
> their license and the station license. Used to be if station XX used station
> YY its sign was XX/YY
>
> This has nothing to do with the equipment. You cans sell or rent your
> equipment out, but the "station license is attached to that location.
>
> You can build or buy a giant station and operate it remote and you can sell
> or rent the equipment, but not the station as I interpret the regs. The
> "station" is licensed to an individual, or club at a specific location and we
> are forbidden to make money from messages/contacts made from that station
> regardless of who operates it.
>
> It seems pretty straight forward and simple to me.
>
> Although not Tower Talk specifically, I think this is a very important and
> relevant topic because the important part is the giant antenna farm (Usually)
> and it casts doubt on the very essence of contests and awards earned. Yes we
> all get together and operate "someone's" station for contests and it matters
> not if it's local or remote, but when we are paying to make transmissions on
> that station? What then?
>
> I really like the idea of renting a vacation home, in the mountains, on the
> beach, or on an island, where I can operate portable. Does the legality
> change if it already has antennas? antennas and a contest style station? The
> latter just went out of my price range
>
> Thing is, as I see it we are at best in a gray area, renting a home or cabin
> with a station and signing portable, or outside the regs when renting a
> complete licensed station. What if "someone" puts up a monster station and
> never licenses it? They are no longer renting out a licensed ham station for
> money. Just that tiny detail would make it legal..."I think"
>
> Anyone can build a ham station, complete with towers and antennas and they do
> not need a license to do so, but they and the station need a license to
> operate and any one could operate it "portable"?? That violates the spirit of
> the regs, but not the regs?
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
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