[CQ-Contest] Remote contest operation

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:
> I *would* be opposed if, as someone has suggested, entrepreneurs set up
> excellent stations and collected "rent" for allowing them to be used for
> contesting.  As I think I've said before, I don't even believe that would be
> legal in the US.  I hope not.

Don't know about contesting, but this is being done already;
http://www.remotehamradio.com/inquire/

Merits of that particular implementation aside; I believe that the
intent of the FCC rules is to prevent use of amateur communications to
do business - e.g. you can't promote/sell/buy goods or services over
the air (there's an explicit exception for trading equipment normally
used in an amateur station). You could argue semantics and claim that
renting use of a station constitutes a "pecuniary interest", but then
wouldn't that make NP2N's rental station on St Croix illegal too?

73,

    ~iain / N6ML