[CQ-Contest] license class and m-m op's

[Tom Frenaye]

At 06:51 AM 5/8/2005, Rick Dougherty NQ4I wrote:
>Hi all...I have heard that there was a recent FCC action taken against a 
>station that allowed a technician class ham who operated in a 
>contest.....the FCC said that the control operator allowed him to make qso's 
>with stations in a contest that he did not have 3rd party qualifications...I 
>may have some of the details not quite correct, but the message is still 
>valid...can a m-m have operators who are operating with privileges of the 
>control operator?? Is the operator limited to the frequency limits of 
>his/her class of license? Or am I simply overacting on something that's 
>really not that important??

My current understanding is that the FCC enforcement area may not have interpreted the rules involving 3rd party operation correctly.    I've asked for a clarification and will post whatever I find out.    

If you read the original FCC enforcement action posted on the ARRL web site, you'll see that this was probably not a mult-op activity, or even a single op with a control operator present.    The core issue seems to be that the individual being cited had been warned previously about operating in band segments he was not authorized to operate.

I believe the message forwarded by K1TTT about 3rd party issues and multi-ops that (included a message to KI6X from ARRL) is still accurate.

         -- Tom





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