Getting way off topic, but I'll add this: It's not difficult to establish a
remotely controlled FT8 station with a smartphone as a control point.
According to the FCC, a critical part of a establishing a control point is that
RF transmissions can be stopped by invoking a control command.
What may appear as an unattended, automated operation may in fact be someone
controlling FT8 activity with his or her smartphone app, even while driving
down the interstate. I live among people who never (and I mean never)
distance themselves from their smartphones; they're always instantly
accessible. Whether these FT8 ops are in uninterrupted, constant view of
their FT8 app screens is a different matter, but that's not directly addressed
in the rules -- at least not those of us in the U.S.
Paul, W9AC
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