Hi!

Certainly, there are legitimate reasons as to why he might not have been
very forth coming with technical details.

The rules do offer us some direction that we should observe. For example,
when reporting our QTH, it should reference the location of the remote
station, not necessarily the physical location of the operator.

Because I have transmitting privileges on remotes in West Virginia and
Minnesota, for example, I might sign today as wd8ldy/0 or WD8LDY/8  even
though any operating I do today will take place from New Zealand. 

I often do not identify the rig I am using when operating WB8CQV because I
genuinely don't know what it is. In point of fact, the remote owner hasn't
old me what it is, nor have I asked. Nothing requires me to know that
anyway. People that contact me can't claim the contact as valid for DXCC
even if they know I'm really in ZL4 because it isn't a DX contact. Contacts
with me could qualify for WAS consideration because of where mmy remote
hosts are located.  

I did ask John about the antenna, and he gave me some info on that which I
can use, so that  is OK.

73,
Dave 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Tuesday, 5 January 2016 10:16 a.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Remote ham radio legalities :

He could have been at a friend's house and honestly not have known. I dog
sit for a friend now and then and honestly don't know his antenna setup to
know which antenna I'm on if I'm on from his station. I know what he has and
that if signals are strong that antenna works on that band, but it's a
thought. He may not have known.

-----Original Message-----
From: Colin McDonald
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 3:48 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Remote ham radio legalities :

it's perfectly legal to operate remote in the US and Canada.
His cagyness likely stemmed from some peoples desire to be secretive or not
to give too much information away...most hams aren't like this, and will
overwhelm you with all the smallest details lol, but others feel they have
to hold information back for privacy or whatever...also the remote he was
using may not have been his and the remote station operator/controller may
have asked that he not give away the details of the station or the system
being used.
Beyond that, as long as he was identifying himself with a legitimate call
sign everything is legal.
The fact that he said openly that he was operating remote says allot, but
perhaps it's a brand new remote system of hardware or software that isn't
yet available to the public and he was asked to keep it underwraps for the
moment.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Ryan
Sent: Monday, January 4, 2016 1:34 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Remote ham radio legalities :

Hi all:
1st up let me wish all of you a belated but better than never happy and
healthy new year.
The other night I was working W2RE on 75M and he told me he was oping remote
from NY. I asked him if he was using either remote hams or the remote ham
radio service and his response seemed strange. He told me he couldn't say so
this makes me wonder if working DX from a remote station in the states is
actually legal?
Hed also told me that he'd purchased 63 achers in Main and he was going to
put up some rotating towers. He is hoping to have this station operational
late 2016. He  had a significant chunk  of the DX window hogged yet he
couldn't tell me which remote service he was running.

73:
Mike DE VO1AX
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