1. The license
Circuit Coders grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use N6YYO Remote Base (the station software and the apps that connect to it) for operating your own amateur radio station. You may not sell, rent or redistribute the software.
2. One license per station
A license covers one station: one Windows PC running the station software and the equipment it controls. Its operators may connect to it from any number of their own devices.
3. Remote access requires a valid license
During the 30-day trial, and for as long as a station holds a valid license or an active weekend pass, the station can be reached from outside the home network. Without one, remote access is off. You agree not to work around this, for example by modifying the software or by tunneling the station to the internet yourself.
4. Local operation is never disabled
Whatever the state of your trial, license or maintenance, the station keeps working as a full local controller on the station PC and your home network. The safety features (the transmit drop-out when a device loses its connection, the one-tap stop and the amplifier band check) are never switched off. A license check that cannot reach our service never stops local operation.
5. Maintenance means updates and support
A license includes 12 months of maintenance. While maintenance is active you receive new releases and email support. When it lapses, you keep using the releases published before it lapsed, with remote access intact.
6. What the software sends us
To check its license and offer updates, the station contacts our service every few hours with its callsign, its version, the radios it is set up for and whether it is transmitting at that moment. The privacy policy explains what we keep. Your audio and your logbook stay on your station; contacts leave it only when you upload them to a QSL service you have set up.
7. Third-party components
The software includes open-source components, including Hamlib for radio control and WSJT-X tools for FT8, each under its own license. Those licenses apply to those components and are listed with the software.
8. No warranty
The software is provided as is. To the extent the law allows, we disclaim implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. You are responsible for operating your station safely and within the terms of your amateur radio license.
Operating rules
Who may transmit. “When transmitting, each amateur station must have a control operator. The control operator must be a person: (a) For whom an amateur operator/primary station license grant appears on the ULS consolidated licensee database, or (b) Who is authorized for alien reciprocal operation by § 97.107 of this part.” (47 CFR §97.7)
Listening. Part 97 requires a license to transmit. Receiving through your station does not require an amateur license.
Remote operation. N6YYO Remote Base is a control link for remote control, which the FCC defines as “the use of a control operator who indirectly manipulates the operating adjustments in the station through a control link to achieve compliance with the FCC Rules.” (§97.3(a)(39)) “When a station is being remotely controlled, the control operator must be at the control point. Any station may be remotely controlled.” (§97.109(c)) The device you operate from is where you perform the control operator function.
Responsibility. “The station licensee is responsible for the proper operation of the station in accordance with the FCC Rules. When the control operator is a different amateur operator than the station licensee, both persons are equally responsible for proper operation of the station.” (§97.103(a)) “The control operator must ensure the immediate proper operation of the station, regardless of the type of control.” (§97.105(a)) “A station may only be operated in the manner and to the extent permitted by the privileges authorized for the class of operator license held by the control operator.” (§97.105(b))
Who you let transmit. Give transmit access through your station only to people who may be its control operator under §97.7, and only within their license privileges.
Safety features are not a substitute. The software’s transmit safeguards help, but they do not replace the control operator’s duties above.
Outside the United States. If your station is outside FCC jurisdiction, follow the amateur radio rules of your country’s licensing authority.
This summary quotes federal regulations for convenience and is not legal advice. The current text of 47 CFR Part 97 is at ecfr.gov.
9. Ending the license
This license ends if you break its terms. You may stop using the software at any time by uninstalling it. See the terms of sale for purchases and refunds.