[CQ-Contest] Remote Control in Contests

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

How do repeaters operate legally if the Control op must be located at 
the Transmitter?  Station control via remote means has been allowed at 
least in the USA for a long long time.

Mike W0MU

W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net


On 4/14/2012 1:41 PM, Barry Merrill wrote:
> I've considered operating EI/W5GN remotely, but:
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> But is it LEGAL????
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> For example, this statement in the CommReg (Irish FCC) rules, would seem
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> to prevent me from operating EI/W5GN from Dallas, and I'm willing to wager
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> that the same restrictions exist in all of the amateur rules, worldwide:
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> "(n) the Licensee shall ensure that, save as may be required by law, access
> to,
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> and use of, the Apparatus is restricted to the Licensee or persons operating
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> under the direct supervision of the Licensee;"
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> I doubt that CommReg would say that "direct supervision" could ever occur
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> when I am not sitting in the station in Ireland.
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> In addition, the remote station would be an UNATTENDED Station, and thus is
> NOT a "normal"
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> licensed amateur station; most countries have additional restrictions on
> UNATTENDED stations,
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> some requiring a redundant/independent method of control of the transmitter.
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> Since DXCC credit requires proof of license, it would seem to me that any
> station who
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> operates a remote station across country lines would have to prove they have
> that
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> legal authority from the country from which the RF emanates; can Radio
> Arcala show they
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> have a license for unattended operations as well as remote operation from
> another country?
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> Barry, W5GN
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> Herbert W. Barry Merrill, PhD
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