On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:23:44 -0800 (PST), "Sal M. Onella"
wrote:

Please pardon the slightly off-topic subject. I'm giving a class at
my grandson's school next month and I'm going to include ham radio,
with some of the kids presumably getting on the air. Of course, an
unlicensed person can operate if a properly licensed control operator
is present. Is there a source of more detailed information? I
keyword searched Part 97 and found no surprises. I think good sense
prevails.

It's mixed in under the term "control operator". That's the licensed
operator in charge of the station by the station owner. Note that
much of the wording comes from the days when there were seperate
station and operator licenses. The duties are scattered all over Part
97. For example:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/news/part97/b.html

But:
If I set up two HTs to talk simplex across a room, how do I/we ID?
KD6VKW/Alfa and KD6VKW/Bravo, maybe?

The same way you do during field day or any other multi-operator
station. Just the call sign of the station. If you want to get down
to details, see 97.119(c) which discusses "self assigned designators".
You could just use tactical call signs as in a typical emergency net,
but that would really be a stretch. As long as there's a licensed
operator in charge, and they ID every 10 minutes, you're fine.

Can the kids call CQ?

Yes. They can do anything that the control operator allows.

Do they ID with my callsign or must I provide the ID in my own
voice?

They can ID on your behalf because it's a station license, not an
operator license.

Are there other sticking points?

Yes. You'll bore the kids to death with such minutae and trivia.

In the absence of official guidance, your opinions are welcome.

One of the harzards of being a licensed radio operator is that it
instantly tansforms one into a legal expert. If the rules were
obvious and simple, we wouldn't need devine, official, or amateur
guidance, but that's another rant.

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