Topband: Remote Operation

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

While I agree in principle I question whether the receiver and it's 
location have legal identification requirements. In the U.S.A. at least, 
receivers and their operators are NOT licensed. Transmitters and 
transmitter operation are. One guideline I saw suggested a remote 
receiver - located in a quiet area - should be in the same grid square 
as the associated transmitter. A rule like that is from a contest or 
certificate sponsor and not from a regulatory agency like our FCC.

There have always been and will always be 'cheaters'. They know who they 
are.

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 02/02/2015 12:07 AM, m.r. wrote:
> To me the remote operation ethics have always been clear, and still are.
>
> It makes absolutely NO difference where the operator is sitting. The 
> contact is between the two physical stations.
>
> Any station - remotely controlled or not - must identify legally under 
> the rules of the county in which the RF transmitter and receiver are 
> located.  This includes properly identifying the zone, state, section, 
> grid square, whatever the current activity requires. When it is just 
> the country, that must also be clear.
>
> In this case, if OE1AZS was using the W4ABC station, he could legally 
> identify in two ways, Just W4ABC, or W4/OE1AZS.  It is NOT legal for a 
> transmitter in the W4 district of the US to be identified ONLY as OE1AZS.
>
> It does not matter if the person, OE1AZS, is sitting at the knobs at 
> W4ABC, or is sitting at home controlling the W4ABC station by remote 
> control.
>
> But, folks who can, will cheat just to be first in a log. They really 
> only cheat themselves, to the DX station, its just one more contact  
> Claming the contact for DXCC or any other kind of award credit is 
> cheating.  Again, the person most cheated is the individual who 
> submits the contact for the award.
>
> Robin Critchell
> WA6CDR
>