[ILQSO] Use of club calls?

[Don Pitchford]

Let me offer an opinion on multiple stations using the same callsign. Since the trustee (licensee) is responsible for being the control operator, and it's impossible for one person to be in 2 places at once, I think it would be illegal (under part 97) to use the same callsign for multiple stations.
Don, W9EBK

> On Oct 15, 2026, at 2:45 PM, James Funk via ILQSO <ilqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> II am still trying to figure out why someone would want to do  this.  I
> will respond in more detail when I’m not out running a park….
> 
>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 2:27 PM Mark Frost <mark.frost at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here's more details from the POTA op I was corresponding with originally
>> about club calls. Would this work? Two stations sharing a 1x1 on different
>> county lines as an UNLIMITED entry? Maybe one station roving?
>> I'm inclined to say separate stations need separate calls, but I'm no
>> scholar.
>> Thoughts?
>> Mark AC9VC
>> --------------------------------
>> We're still figuring out who what where, but as of now, our tentative plan
>> is to have two of us on the Jersey/Greene county line, and one guy on the
>> Saline/Gallatin county line. We may have a 1x1 call to use so we can all
>> use the same call, as an unlimited. May do some roving too if the
>> Jersey/Greene line is dead. POTA parks in Macoupin and Calhoun county.
>> Once I know for sure, I'll let you know.
>> 73,
>> Dennis
>> AD9WM
>> ---------------------------------
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2026, 1:30 PM James Funk <n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> How are you going to avoid duplicate contacts?  It would all be one log.
>>> We can’t take logs from the same call in multiple counties.
>>> It sounds like a nightmare to me unless someone can tell me how it would
>>> work. N9JF
>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM Mark Frost via ILQSO <
>>> ilqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>>> Can Club calls be shared by multiple stations in different locations? If
>>>> so, are there any limitations on how many simultaneous signals they can
>>>> use? Can they operate from more than one county at the same time? How
>>>> should their logs be submitted?
>>>> This question came to me as I was doing some outreach to POTA operators
>>>> in
>>>> the southern part of the state. I tried looking at the archives and there
>>>> isn't any really clear guidance.
>>>> 73,
>>>> Mark AC9VC
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