[CQ-Contest] Contest Calls

[Stan Stockton]

Jeff,

I don't read where it says the holder of the call sign has to be present. I think he just has to take equal responsibility for the operation of the station.  

"When the control operator is a different amateur operator than the station licensee, both persons are equally responsible for proper operation of the station."  

You would not want to loan your call sign to someone you did not trust or they could get you in trouble.

73...Stan, K5GO


---- Jeffrey Clarke <ku8e at bellsouth.net> wrote: 
>  
> 
> I know this contester who seems to show up in the WPX contest every year
> with a different call sign. This person has a distinctive sounding voice so
> I knew who he was.  Anyway, I run into him in the WPX SSB contest this
> weekend and ask him about the call sign. It seems that he borrowed it from
> someone he met (over the air??) and this person gave him permission
> 
> to use it in the contest. Is this legal ??
> 
>  
> 
> Maybe I’m wrong 
but It appears from looking at the FCC rules that if you
> are going to use a call sign the licensee needs to be present and you have
> to abide by the privileges that
> 
> they have.  Back in the 1990’s we used my call sign in WPX SSB from K8CC’s
> station, but that was legal because I was present. I also think it would be
> legal to use a club call sign if you are given permission by the trustee. I
> looked up this call sign he used on QRZ.com and it is licensed to an
> individual not a club.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> §97.7 Control operation required.
> 
> When transmitting, each amateur station must have a control operator. The
> control operator must be a person: 
> 
> (a)    For whom an amateur operator/primary station license grant appears on
> the ULS consolidated licensee database
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 97.103 Station licensee responsibilities. 
> 
> 
> (a) The station licensee is responsible for the proper operation of the
> station in accordance with the FCC Rules. When the control operator is a
> different amateur operator than the station licensee, both persons are
> equally responsible for proper operation of the station. 
> 
> (b) The station licensee must designate the station control operator. The
> FCC will presume that the station licensee is also the control operator,
> unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records. 
> 
> 
> §97.109 Station control. 
> 
> 
> (a) Each amateur station must have at least one control point. 
> 
> (b) When a station is being locally controlled, the control operator must be
> at the control point. Any station may be locally controlled. 
> 
>  
> 
> If the FCC regulations were not followed I think this would also be grounds
> for disqualification in the contest 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> XIII. Disqualification: Violation of amateur radio regulations in the
> country of the contestant, or the rules of the contest; unsportsmanlike
> conduct; taking credit for excessive unverifiable QSOs or unverifiable
> multipliers will be deemed sufficient cause for disqualification.
> Incorrectly logged calls will be counted as unverifiable contacts.
> 
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