Jim, if you are controlling a station remotely, you are the control op, as
you say.

If any of the operators have acess to a club call, tbry may use it... But
not use it to hide their own restrictions.  The trustee license class does
not determine privlege...the control operator does.

73

Gerry W1VE



On Mon, Jul 21, 2025, 4:45 PM Jim Brown via Elecraft <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 7/21/2025 10:04 AM, Rick nk7i via Elecraft wrote:
> > Either call could legally be used (with permissions of course, implied
> > since the K4D password was shared); but the log book should show the
> > _*transmit*_ location; not the location of the K4/0.
>
> 70 years ago when I was first licensed, the piece of paper we got from
> the FCC had both an Operator License and a Station License, and if we
> operated at any other location, we were required to transmit /8 or
> whatever call area we were in, even if it was the same. All of that
> changed in the '70s, when our license became only an Operator's license,
> with privileges and a callsign that are valid, without modifiers,
> anywhere in the US and possessions.
>
> When we operate remotely, we must use the call of the "Control
> Operator." If the owner of the physical station is present and actively
> involved, it can be his call or ours. If he's not involved, we should be
> using our own call. The same applies if we're physically present at
> another station.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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