Oh, with our setup, there has to be a control operator too - BUT just like a repeater, we can set it in an auto mode, so long as there is a control operator to turn it off, or stop 'non complying' transmissions (don't surf/send porn in your emails please, or else we will have to turn you off)

Some hams/ares groups look for a reason NOT to do something, or do it "their way", and don't really bother to read what the guys at the FCC says is acceptable in an emergency. The winlink postoffice type things (which is what we are using for the multimode sending) is basically, for all intents, a setup with a control operator - we just need to be able to monitor/shut down if need be, so there has to be a ham on site by the transmitter - now, how the signal gets TO the transmitter is your business, and where it goes after that is the other hams business - but so long as I'm talking USA to USA, I can let you use my rig, so long as I'm in control to ensure things stay legal - it doesn't mean that I have to actually push the 'push to talk'
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