[CQ-Contest] Legalities and ethics of international, remote operation?

[Hank Greeb]

Anyone ever thought of a "ne'er do well" who was operating from his home 
station somewhere in the US and using a YO4 call just to raise the 
question and/or confuse some operators?

72/73 de n8xx Hg

On 12/16/2014 8:52 PM, cq-contest-request at contesting.com wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:58:35 -0700
> From: Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com>
> To: Barry <w2up at comcast.net>
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> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Legalities and ethics of international
> 	remote	operation?
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> If the transmitter is on our soil then it cannot ID with a "bare" YO4xx call sign, regardless of where the operator has his BIC.
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB/K7
>
>> On Dec 16, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Barry <w2up at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Saturday afternoon, during the 10m contest, I was surprised to be called by a very loud YO4.  Condx were such that the band was not open to central/eastern EU here in Colorado at that time.  Given the signal strength, I presume the YO4 was using a remote on the east coast of the US.
>>
>> What are the legalities of such an operation?  Should he be signing W/YO4xxx?  Off the top of my head, I don't know if YO is a part of CEPT, but if not, what kind of licensing permission, if any, is required for such an operation?
>>
>> Where does this type of operation fall in terms of contest rules and ethics?
>>
>> Barry W2UP