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

[David Gilbert]

Why does everyone assume he was running a remote station?  It seems much 
more likely to me that he was just some stateside knucklehead 
bootlegging a YO4 callsign in order to drum up activity.

Dave   AB7E




On 12/16/2014 11:27 AM, Barry 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
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