Actually, according to the ARRL web site.
"For foreign nationals not holding a U.S. FCC-issued license, remote control
of a U.S. station is not authorized under any treaty or reciprocal
authorization, regardless of their location."
K0/G3ABC is never a valid callsign from a remote station from all that I read.
And "borrowing" the hosts callsign is not legal either. It either violates the
rule of not being present in the country or it violate the rule of third party
traffic internationally by the US licensee (control operator).
It would seem to me that the ONLY way a foreign operator can remotely control a
US station is to also have a US license and to operate within the limitations
of the US license obtained.
This is clearly a confusing area for many which is why I am asking.
Ed N1UR
From: Hans Brakob <kzerohb@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 3:25 PM
To: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com>; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Remote Operating - Cross County
If I am licensed in the US, I can operate my US station remotely from from
anywhere.
If I am not licensed in the US (but have some sort of reciprocal privileges)
then I believe that I can remotely operate a US-located station using my call
as in "W0/mycall".
"Borrowing" a US station call strikes me as outside the rules for a single
operator. Presuming a local control operator, you might (heavy emphasis on
"might") be OK in a multi-op category.
Disclaimer: I am not an FCC official nor a contest sponsor, and I have never
operated station KØHB from P5.
73, de Hans, KØHB
"Just a Boy and his Radio"(tm)
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Remote Operating - Cross County
I continue to see postings of scores by a ham outside the US operating a US
based remote site. The hams do not have their own US callsign and "borrow"
someone else's callsign from the US. I am pretty sure this is an illegal
operation in the US. Am I missing something? Its happening pretty much every
contest now.
Ed N1UR
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