John,

The FCC Part 97 has no such reference. Could you please explain why you 
are making such as statement?

73,

Rick, KV9U




John Becker, WØJAB wrote:
> It is one thing to be " automatic "  and  " attended "
> and another to be " automatic "  and " unattended ".
>
> The rules say you can't be  " unattended "
>
>
>
> Roger, W6VZV had written:
>
>   
>> A station transmitter without a homo sapiens located at a receiver *at 
>> the location of the receiver* is unattended.  Some have confused the 
>> issue by claiming that a remote station (i.e. a Pactor station) that is 
>> activated by another station hundreds or thousands of miles away, is 
>> "attended" because it was activated by the distant station.  This is 
>> "unattended" transmitting because the distant station cannot check the 
>> channel to see if it is clear due to the properties of skip.
>>
>> So Rick's use of the terms was correct.  The concept of a distant 
>> activating station "attending" a remote transmitter is incorrect.
>>
>> de Roger W6VZV
>>
>>     

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