[CQ-Contest] KU1CW location

[John Geiger]

That was the April 2015 issue, maybe that was the ARRLs "April Fools"
article for that year!

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com> wrote:

> Earlier in this thread, W4AAW claimed that "We have 31 team members
> who operate W4AAW's positions from all over NA, from Panama, Europe
> and Asia, provided they meet legal/licensing requirements".
>
> I'm not so sure.  Here is what is required of remote operators as
> stated on Page 9 of QST for April 2015.
>
>   "For operation across international borders,
>   both the operator and the station must be licensed by the
>   administration where the transmitter is located. CEPT
>   Recommendation T/R 61-01 does not apply: if, for example, a
>   European amateur wants to operate a remote station that’s
>   located in the United States, he or she must have an FCC
>   license."
>
> That's clear and unambiguous. All team-W4AAW members operating
> from non-US countries must have a US licence for the operation
> as a whole to meet legal/licensing requirements.
>
> Some recent contest entries by team-W4AAW did NOT comply with
> this requirement - at least one team-W4AAW overseas operator
> did not have an FCC licence at those times.
>
> If team-W4AAW knew this, they were flouting the law. If they
> did not know it, they should have known.  Either way, the
> entries concerned were unlicensed.
>
> Have we got to the stage in contesting where this no
> longer matters?
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
>
>
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