John,

Isn't that the purpose of a repeater's control station?  The control station 
can disable the repeater if necessary, although not too many stations do so.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 22:21
Subject: Re: Third party rules.


>I don't see why not, if it's on vox or you hit the PTT, if something 
>happens
> and you need to stop the transmition fast you can still do it if you're
> patching someone else in through your station. then the whole topic of
> repeaters comes up where you can't unless you can over power the other
> station and shut it off if someone's doing something wrong, not many have
> that option, a second receiver on another frequency is a much better 
> option
> but I only know of one or 2 around here doing that.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 10:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Third party rules.
>
>
>> Yep, I agree.  A similar discussion use to come up many years ago when
>> we ran phone patches with the radios on vox.  Some said I really wasn't
>> controlling my station that is causing it to transmit.  FCC said it was
>> o.k. as I was still really in control and responsible.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 10 Aug
>> 2012, Michael Thurman wrote:
>>
>>> what the rules specifically say  are that you must ensure that your =
>>> statio operates according to the rules and it leaves it up to you how to
>>> =
>>> do it. for example if you know you can assure legal operation you can be
>>> =
>>> across the room or on the other side of the house as long as you are =
>>> willing to trust your license to the legal operation of your station. =
>>> back before I got my license my elmer would just let me operate with his
>>> =
>>> call sign because he knew I would follow the rules he set down for me. 
>>> =
>>> same goes for my girlfriend  I will let her work hf and I know she will 
>>> =
>>> follow the rules, so I can gt a drink or do something else while she is 
>>> =
>>> operating.=20
>>>
>>>
>