Ron, not in any legal sense. You're the licensee. If, by "trustee," you mean
the guy into whose care the club "entrusts" the repeater, that's OK, but not an
FCC definition.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Wright
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] coordination?
Paul,
I would think it would more correct to say the call on a repeater or other
station is not necessarily the trustee. My call is on my repeater and I am
also the trustee.
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 3:01 PM, Paul Plack 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: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com
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...
>
>
>
