I wonder if someone can walk me through this?
I'm based in the UK, and our rules are ging to be different. For example, the only rule that I think would apply here is "unattended operation". For remote (unattended) operation, an amateur must hold the top class of license (simply called "full license"). There are some requirements for being able to knockdown the system etc, but other than that, we can pretty much do as we like. Grandfather clock? Fine. Hourly or minute by minute repeater announcement? Go ahead.
So far, a lot of people have stated that this is "illegal", but no one has posted the chapter and verse that specifically prohibits it, and perhaps this is where the source of the argument is.
If someone could post exactly what they are looking at, and it turned out to be right, there would be no argument surely?