Thanks for the clarification. And you managed to say it with words less than a foot high.
I'm the trustee for a club, and one of these days I might put that callsign on one of my repeaters. There are plenty of club callsigns on repeaters out here. Bob M. ====== --- Paul Plack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys, a "trustee" in FCC licensing terms is someone > other than the licensee who agrees to be responsible > for the legal operation of a transmitter. > > Back in the days when the FCC required a repeater to > be licensed separately with its own callsign, the > person responsible for its operation was a > "trustee," because a club or other party was the > licensee. When they did away with separate repeater > licenses, there was no more need for trustees. > > If your callsign is on the repeater, you are the > licensee, not the trustee. > > Similarly, on Field Day, if a bunch of guys get > together and use the callsign of the group's only > extra-class licensee as the station callsign for > everyone operating, the guy who holds that callsign > is the station licensee, not a trustee. If it's a > club with a club callsign separate from any of the > individuals, then someone must be a trustee for it. > > Are there any repeaters left using club callsigns? > If so, those would be the only repeaters which still > have trustees. > > Paul, AE4KR > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ron Wright > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:04 AM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] coordination? > > > > > Huh? ALL repeaters MUST have a license > trustee!!! What ever callsign it > > ID's with is the trustee, whether club or not. > > > > I agree each license has a trustee and only a > person can be a trustee. A club can own I guess one > can say a callsign and a designated officer of the > club can desingate the trustee. > > > However, I thought we were talking about repeaters > and stations, not callsigns. The station or > repeater does not have to use the trustee's > callsign. Maybe I reading it wrong. > > > 73, ron, n9ee/r > > > > > > Ron Wright, N9EE > > > 727-376-6575 > > > MICRO COMPUTER CONCEPTS > > > Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL > > > No tone, all are welcome. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:39 PM, wd8chl wrote: > > > Ron Wright wrote: > > > > I'm not sure the callsign of the repeater is the > trustee. I as a > > trustee of my ham station can have another ham > use my station using > > their callsign. If operating outside their > license, but within mine > > they must include my call with theirs, but if > repeater is operating > > within say a Tech's license freq, but I am the > trustee then the repeater > > can ID with their call. > > > > All Ham Stations must have a trustee, but not > necessarily ID with it. > > > > If a violation is sited both the trustee and the > call being used can be > > held responsible. Same with control ops. > > > > As with a club call there is a trustee, but the > call is of the club. > > Just the trustee has agreed to allow use of > whatever station; HF, > > repeater, etc. > > > > > Yikes...look up a ham call sign on the FCC ULS web > site...the PERSON > listed (there will ALWAYS be a person) IS the > license trustee...ALWAYS! !!!! > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:19 AM, wd8chl wrote: > > > > Bob M. wrote: > > > >> Regarding trustees: club stations certainly > need one. I think it's > >> just customary even for privately owned > repeaters to have trustees, > >> even if it's in name only, and it could > certainly be the station > >> owner, but it doesn't have to be. A repeater > could be owned by a > >> novice (who couldn't use it) but an extra class > person could be the > >> trustee. > > > > __/ > > o_O > > > > Huh? ALL repeaters MUST have a license > trustee!!! What ever callsign it > > ID's with is the trustee, whether club or not. > > > > It's only a matter of whether the license is > valid or not... > > > > > >
