I would like to get some opinions on the following. There is a Net which I regularly participate in on 75 meters (3.935) in the late afternoon / early evening. There is another net 4 khz (3.931) down that overlaps our time slot for a portion of the time. Normally there is no big issue, however sometimes there is a station that splatters up to 3.933-3.934. Now I’m not gripping about the splatter, but questioning the following.
The net in question uses a 2-meter repeater to provide cross band access to their net. (It is the repeater that has the splatter problem.) We have checked some of the call signs using the repeater to check-in and they have Technician Class licenses. So, the question is are the operators with Technician class licenses in violation?
This has been discussed by several of us and there are two points of view:
1) It’s in violation because Technician’s do not have voice privileges on 75 meters.
2) It’s not in violation because there must be a control operator at the point where the repeater is interfaced to the HF transceiver.
Is there a definitive answer? (I’m leaning to #2)