On Saturday afternoon, during the 10m contest, I was surprised to be called by a very loud YO4. Condx were such that the band was not open to central/eastern EU here in Colorado at that time. Given t
If the transmitter is on our soil then it cannot ID with a "bare" YO4xx call sign, regardless of where the operator has his BIC. 73, de Hans, K0HB/K7 _______________________________________________ C
On Saturday afternoon, during the 10m contest, I was surprised to be called by a very loud YO4. Condx were such that the band was not open to central/eastern EU here in Colorado at that time. Given t
I got the same call. It seemed fishy... 73, Alan/K6SRZ -- Original Message -- From: "Radio K0HB" <kzerohb@gmail.com> To: "Barry" <w2up@comcast.net> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com Sent: Tuesday, Decemb
Yes, I was called by the same guy. After he gave me his exchange, I asked "YO ?" and he said yes. Bull. Glad I worked a real YO on Sunday. I would hate to get credit for a wake multiplier. 73, Steve,
CEPT has nothing to do with it - for operations under the CEPT agreement, the operator must be in the same country as the transmitter. The difficulty here is that rules for remote operation vary from
This is going to be a challenge for contesting and DXing in the future. DXpeditions have been reporting these "unusual" QSOs for a few years now. We are now beginning to see them in contesting. There
Hi Yes, it same with this many remote stations in states and few European countries which not care about borders of DXCC or that CEPT is not valid for Remote. Same happen during IARU HF championship
Well, they cheating in DXCC and contest. Its the beginning of the end of DXCC program. Its become $$$ buisness to rent out HF remote, any non ham can use a station without control operator with a va
Barry, FCC Part 97 requires that the YO operator MUST sign indicating the location in the U.S., you are correct. Otherwise, if signing W2/ (or whatever), it probably would have been perfectly legal u
Just out of curiosity, is there a specific citation for the "an FCC licensee...MUST use his or her FCC license" bit? I wouldn't be surprised if some visitors who get US tickets might not be aware of
Why does everyone assume he was running a remote station? It seems much more likely to me that he was just some stateside knucklehead bootlegging a YO4 callsign in order to drum up activity. Dave AB7
Technology does not make people cheat; they cheat because they want to. That YO op would cheat some other way if remote was not there . Remote transmitters are obvious cheats. You can cheat by connec
Michael -- FCC Radio Amateur Rules, Part 97.107. "... No citizen of the United States or person holding an FCC amateur operator/primary station license grant is eligible for the reciprocal operating
Haven't read the rules in detail (at work on break and not enough time!), but wouldn't there be some responsibility for the operator of the remote station (which is a transmitter here in the U.S. ope
Hi Kevin, When an operator is controlling a remote station in the US, that operator IS the control operator, and is responsible. It is not a repeater station, and repeater rules don't apply. Mic or K