Who you are buying from
N6YYO Remote Base is sold by Circuit Coders (“we”, “us”). These terms apply when you start a trial or buy anything on n6yyo.com. Using the software is also covered by the license agreement.
The free trial
Each station gets one 30-day trial, starting when you add the station to your account to get its download (or, for a station set up another way, when it first registers with our service). The trial includes everything, remote access included. No payment details are needed. When it ends, the station keeps working as a full local controller; remote access needs a license.
What we sell
- Station license, $149 one-time. Permanent remote access for one station, from every device its operators sign in from. Includes 12 months of maintenance.
- Maintenance, $39 a year or $4 a month. New releases and email support. Billed automatically until you cancel. When it lapses, everything keeps working, remote access included, and updates stop at the last release published before the lapse. Renewing resumes updates from the newest release; there is no charge for the time it was lapsed.
- Weekend pass, $9. 72 hours of remote access for a station without a license, starting at purchase.
Prices are in US dollars.
Payment
Payments are processed by Stripe. We never receive or store your full card number. Subscriptions renew at the price shown when you bought them; if a price changes, we will email you at least 30 days before your next renewal.
Canceling
Cancel maintenance at any time from your account. It stays active until the end of the period you have paid for, and is not renewed after that. Canceling never turns off a license you own.
Refunds
You can try everything free before you pay. If a license does not work with your station after you buy it, contact support within 14 days of purchase and we will either fix the problem or refund you in full. Weekend passes that have started are not refundable.
Moving to a new PC
A license belongs to one station. You can move it to a replacement PC yourself once a year; contact support for any other move.
Remote access and our service
Remote access depends on our service and on the internet connections at both ends. We work to keep it available but do not promise it will be uninterrupted. If our service is unreachable, your station still works locally. If remote access ends while you are transmitting, the transmitter unkeys, as it does for any lost connection.
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.
Limits
To the extent the law allows, our total liability for anything related to a purchase is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer protection law that cannot be waived.
Law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, USA.
Changes and contact
If we change these terms, the new version applies to purchases made after it is posted here. Questions: contact support.