Hi,
While I agree in principle I question whether the receiver and it's
location have legal identification requirements. In the U.S.A. at least,
receivers and their operators are NOT licensed. Transmitters and
transmitter operation are. One guideline I saw suggested a remote
receiver - located in a quiet area - should be in the same grid square
as the associated transmitter. A rule like that is from a contest or
certificate sponsor and not from a regulatory agency like our FCC.
There have always been and will always be 'cheaters'. They know who they
are.
73,
Bill KU8H
On 02/02/2015 12:07 AM, m.r. wrote:
To me the remote operation ethics have always been clear, and still are.
It makes absolutely NO difference where the operator is sitting. The
contact is between the two physical stations.
Any station - remotely controlled or not - must identify legally under
the rules of the county in which the RF transmitter and receiver are
located. This includes properly identifying the zone, state, section,
grid square, whatever the current activity requires. When it is just
the country, that must also be clear.
In this case, if OE1AZS was using the W4ABC station, he could legally
identify in two ways, Just W4ABC, or W4/OE1AZS. It is NOT legal for a
transmitter in the W4 district of the US to be identified ONLY as OE1AZS.
It does not matter if the person, OE1AZS, is sitting at the knobs at
W4ABC, or is sitting at home controlling the W4ABC station by remote
control.
But, folks who can, will cheat just to be first in a log. They really
only cheat themselves, to the DX station, its just one more contact
Claming the contact for DXCC or any other kind of award credit is
cheating. Again, the person most cheated is the individual who
submits the contact for the award.
Robin Critchell
WA6CDR
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