Unless that other op is identifying with your call, as
on field day.
--- Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, it is illegal for them to use your station to
> transmit when you are not
> "in control".  An unlicensed op can transmit as long
> as you are in control.
>
> Also, although I have an Extra Class, another ham
> operating my station can
> only operate in his license classification.
> Operating privileges are attached
> to the Operator License, not the Station License.
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:05 PM
> Subject: Re: concerns when transmitting in a
> hospital
>
>
>    >Isn't it illegal for unlicensed people to
> transmit period? I know
>    >of a friend that wants to play with irlp, and he
> says he's buying a
>    >radio like mine, no license though. I don't like
> the idea much, but
>    >I don't want him using my call on the air,
> especially on a repeater.
> Message-Id:
>
<20040511130559.USDE16168.imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[68.212.97.139]>
>
> I wouldn't either, and should I for one ever hear
> that unlicensed
> folks were in essence acting as control ops and
> initiating
> transmissions through such a mode as irlp or
> echolink I'd be the first
> to protest to the fcc.
>
> IF we're allowing unlicensed folks to initiate radio
> transmissions
> using such modes than they're no different from
> MIcrosoft netmeeting
> or something.
>
> TEll your friend to get a license or don't transmit,
> it's that simple.
>
>
>
>
> Richard Webb
>
> Electric Spider Productions
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
> little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>
> --- Benjamin Franklin, NOvember 1755 from the
> Historical review of Pennsylvania





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