I would think it OK for one ham to use your HT to make qsos with you,
assuming you did not use it for qsos during the contest. He would not have
violated the ARRL's "only one callsign per transmitter" rule. Any more than
one ham, the others would be violating this rule, probably unknowingly, with
your knowing assistance.
An less ethical situation occurred at a big hamfest some years ago (when
hams actually carried working HTs with them) when some friends of a multiop
contest station had some beams set up in their flea market space, asking
passing hams to hook up their HTs and work the somewhat distant contest
station. I don't know if anything was done about those qsos, but to me it
flunked
the ethical smell test.
73 - Jim K8MR
In a message dated 6/24/2009 8:42:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
les@highnoonfilm.com writes:
During my first ever rover trip, I was approached by local hams at three
of the four stops that I made, including one that was pretty remote. In all
cases, they recognized the loop Yagi's & microwave dishes as being a
VHF/UHF rover and stopped to observe, ask questions, etc.
I try never to miss a chance to recruit new VHF operators, so I tried to
spend some time with each. I always asked if they had a mobile rig or HT
with them. One did, but no antenna along. The others had no equipment with
them. (Am I the only ham who things this is just plain wrong?)
After the contest, I started thinking about the experience. It occurred to
me that I had a perfectly good Kenwood TH-F6A in the truck that puts out
five watts on 2, 440, and 222. Would it have been legal and/or ethical to
simply "hand" them the radio and invite them to participate in the contest by
working me on the spot? Carrying that logic one step further, what if I
carried a 900mhz Kenwood HT converted to ham frequencies, or one of those new
Alinco HT's with 1.2ghz FM? Or even better a Kenwood VX-8R which has 6M,
2M, 440, and 222.
Instead of those hams being somewhat of a handicap (wasting valuable
operating time answering questions) they could have been points in the
contest.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has thought of this, so forgive me if I'm
wasting bandwidth rehashing old ground.
As always, I appreciate the advice from the masters.
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