US hams who were licensed in the 50's will remember that you got a separate Operator's license and Station license. At some point the FCC merged the two -- probably to save paper.
Tod, K0TO Sent from my iPad air > On Feb 2, 2015, at 5:47 AM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > While I agree in principle I question whether the receiver and it's location > have legal identification requirements. In the U.S.A. at least, receivers and > their operators are NOT licensed. Transmitters and transmitter operation are. > One guideline I saw suggested a remote receiver - located in a quiet area - > should be in the same grid square as the associated transmitter. A rule like > that is from a contest or certificate sponsor and not from a regulatory > agency like our FCC. > > There have always been and will always be 'cheaters'. They know who they are. > > 73, > > Bill KU8H > > >> On 02/02/2015 12:07 AM, m.r. wrote: >> To me the remote operation ethics have always been clear, and still are. >> >> It makes absolutely NO difference where the operator is sitting. The contact >> is between the two physical stations. >> >> Any station - remotely controlled or not - must identify legally under the >> rules of the county in which the RF transmitter and receiver are located. >> This includes properly identifying the zone, state, section, grid square, >> whatever the current activity requires. When it is just the country, that >> must also be clear. >> >> In this case, if OE1AZS was using the W4ABC station, he could legally >> identify in two ways, Just W4ABC, or W4/OE1AZS. It is NOT legal for a >> transmitter in the W4 district of the US to be identified ONLY as OE1AZS. >> >> It does not matter if the person, OE1AZS, is sitting at the knobs at W4ABC, >> or is sitting at home controlling the W4ABC station by remote control. >> >> But, folks who can, will cheat just to be first in a log. They really only >> cheat themselves, to the DX station, its just one more contact Claming the >> contact for DXCC or any other kind of award credit is cheating. Again, the >> person most cheated is the individual who submits the contact for the award. >> >> Robin Critchell >> WA6CDR > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband