[SFDXA] Club Station Trustee - Clarification

[Bill]

Here is a clarification of the use of a Club Call Sign:

"A club call has NO operating privileges so it is irrelevant of the class of the trustee.  A club call does not "carry" the privileges of the trustee.  It can be used to the extent of the privileges of the control operator. The rules do not require the callsign of the control operator to be used in addition to the club call.

If there is an issue, the FCC will ask the trustee who was the control operator at a given time, which is the responsibility of the trustee to know. It would be at that point that any out of license class of the control operator issue is resolved.  But again, a club callsign has no operating privileges and does not have the privileges of the trustee.
73,
Chuck Skolaut KØBOG"
Field & Regulatory Correspondent
ARRL The national association for Amateur Radio
k0bog at arrl.org


This means simply that the person operating a station using a Club Call sign with a Trustee, must stay within his/her operating class priveledges. Just because a Trustee holds an Extra Class License, does not mean a Technician Class can operate using the Trustees Extra Privileges.
Bill W2CQ