it's  nice to hear ou have a third station working pat  sounds like a nice setup. it would deb handy now since my hf antenna is down till i get some help, and am considering replacing it with a different antenna as well
73 kb7nla
On Aug 17, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Patrick Tice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi, list!  
> 
> What we recommend to remote base users is that they identify their
> transmissions with their own callsigns but include the RB call for
> clarification, so it would sound like this: "This is WA0TDA through the
> W0EQO remote base".  In the course of a back and forth QSO, I generally just
> use my own call, then every 10 minutes and when signing off I use both.  It
> is also a courtesy to allow the other operators to know that the contact is
> through a remote so that they know the control operator's QTH is not the
> location of the actual transmitter.
> 
> Early on in the remote base operations we had a New Zealand operator check
> into a regional 75m net up here in Minnesota.  This created quite a surprise
> among the net regulars, especially since the control op also had a USA
> license and was from Minnesota himself so he sounded like the rest of us up
> here, you betcha!
> 
> Right now we are beta testing the TS590S and controlling it with the native
> ARCP-590 software from Kenwood.  It's pretty easy to set up, since the
> single USB cable can port both the radio data and the audio data.  At first
> I was disappointed that the VGS1 speech announcements didn't also come down
> the USB, but then I discovered that enabling the beeps setting via USB also
> enabled the speech announcements - Woohoo!  One disappointing deficiency in
> the software is that there seems to be no simple way to alert other control
> operators if the station is already in use. I'll write up our findings when
> we have enough data to sound reasonably intelligent.  
> 
> Cheers and DX,
> 
> 
> 
> 73 - Pat
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Patrick Tice
> [log in to unmask] 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 12:02 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: handiham remote base access
> 
> Not so, I'm fairly sure. After all, if you are the control operator, = using
> your operator authority and, in effect, your station license, why = would
> you need to identify more than that? I don't think that this would = fall
> under the same rules as a repeater station.=20
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 17, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> The remote station has a duty to identify as well.  I don't know if it 
>> =
> is=20
>> set up at H.H. that way, but if not, then I think you have to identify 
>> =
> your=20
>> call running through the remote station's call.
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: Buddy Brannan
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: handiham remote base access
>> =20
>> =20
>> You would use your call sign, as normal. There are no requirements for 
>> =
> =3D
>> identifying yourself as "remote", "portable", or anything else of that 
>> =
> =3D
>> nature. Think of it as using a transmitter with a really, really, =
> really =3D
>> long mic cord.
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> On Aug 16, 2012, at 7:06 PM, Shawn Pearson =3D  
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> =20
>>> Hello all:
>>> =3D20
>>> Through the combined efforts of Susi White, Herb fields, and Pat =
> Tice, =3D
>> I =3D3D
>>> believe that I now have access to one of the handiham remote base 
>>> =3D3D=
> 
>>> stations(It will require a lot of learning to feel comfortable with 
>>> =3D=
> 
>> it).
>>> =3D20
>>> As I was speaking with Herb, an interesting question came up =
> regarding =3D
>> =3D3D
>>> how I should identify myself when I use the remote station(My call is 
>>> =
> =3D
>> =3D3D
>>> located in the # 4 call area, while the remote station is in the "0" 
>>> =
> =3D3D=3D
>> =20
>>> call area). =3D3D20
>>> =3D20
>>> Do the FCC rules address this scenario, and prescribe how I  should =
> =3D3D
>>> identify?  I would appreciate anyone's input.
>>> =3D20
>>> Best regards,
>>> =3D20
>>> =3D20
>>> =3D20
>>> David S. Pearson-wa4dsp=20