The "control operator" is the person who is in "control" of the operation of
the station AT THE TIME OF TRANSMISSION. It is NOT the station licensee
unless that person is "in control" of the station. In a m-m, this normally
means the person sitting at the radio and operating the contest. If an
extra is sitting beside a general in the extra portion of the band, the
extra class is the "control operator" and the general is third party. Third
party rules then apply. The general class cannot be legally "in control" of
the station when operating outside of his/her privileges. They also cannot
legally contact stations in countries that do not have third party
agreements with the country of the station.
Now what gets grey is this so called "third party" rule. There have been
conflicting interpretations of this in the past. In some cases, if you are
"licensed" you are not considered a "third party". In the case of a
repeater or satellite where a technician class is operating on 2m and the
signal is being repeated on 10m, third party does not apply. My question is
why a tech is considered third party if they are using 10m directly with an
extra standing beside them as the "control operator".
Mike, W1NR
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rick Dougherty NQ4I
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 6:51 AM
To: CQ Contest
Subject: [CQ-Contest] license class and m-m op's
Hi all...I have heard that there was a recent FCC action taken against a
station that allowed a technician class ham who operated in a
contest.....the FCC said that the control operator allowed him to make qso's
with stations in a contest that he did not have 3rd party qualifications...I
may have some of the details not quite correct, but the message is still
valid...can a m-m have operators who are operating with privileges of the
control operator?? Is the operator limited to the frequency limits of
his/her class of license? Or am I simply overacting on something that's
really not that important??
thanks de Rick nq4i
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