The Basic lessons · Regulations and policies · B-001-009

Who is Responsible: Owners and Control Operators

This lesson explains that both the station owner and the person actually transmitting share legal responsibility for every radio transmission. It clarifies the rules for letting others use your equipment and where the person in charge must be located.

This lesson is part of SignalPrep Pro. The subsection's 9 exam questions are free to practise: practise B-001-009.

What this subsection asks

• Who is responsible for the operation of an amateur radio station?
• If you transmit from another amateur radio station, who is responsible for its operation?
• What is your responsibility as a station owner?
• Who may be the control operator of an amateur radio station?
• When must an amateur radio station have a control operator?
• When an amateur radio station is transmitting, where must its control operator be?
• Why can't family members without qualifications transmit using your amateur radio station if they are alone with your equipment?
• The owner of an amateur radio station may:
• Under what circumstances can a person who does NOT have an Amateur Radio Operator Certificate operate an amateur radio station?