Simple...go to the source: the RULES 2.1.Single Operator: One person performs all transmitting, receiving, and logging functions as well as equipment and antenna adjustments. So...did KV4FZ (or any c
And if Yuri had operated within the confines or privileges of HIS license we would not be having this discussion. KV4FZ was a control OPERATOR. Without this Control OPERATOR Yuri would have been oper
Supposedly, Herb did not actually operate. By definition, I can have an OPERATOR sit in my room and not be an actual OPERATOR . The only function of a control operator is to prevent or assume respon
Now you need the ARRL definition of control operator to actually be able to make a decision. My thinking about control operator is they are responsible for all transmissions and radio adjustments, bu
Mike, you've gotten right to the heart of the matter by emphasizing the word OPERATOR. To me, this highlights the fact that KV4FZ was an operator *in name only*. As far as we know. he didn't do any o
Herb did do something. His presence allowed another operator do operate where he did. Without Herb there Yuri operated Illegally and thus is an automatic DQ as he violated a different rule. I have no
And not that it is necessarily pertinent to Yuri's situation, but when I was the KV4FZ operator in the 1983 CQ WW CW DX Contest, it was primarily Mrs. Schoenbohm who I would say was the station's "co
So...If I just show up at your house and you are present and I start operating...how does that play? And you are sitting in the radio room while I'm operating...thereby 'enabling me' to operate YOUR