I have been hammered pretty well both publicly and privately by a great number
of 'jail-house' lawyers. I would like to suggest, in the most positive manner,
when you attempt to quote a rule, to make a point, you need to read all the
words in the rule and not just the words that you like.
"§ 97.403 Safety of life and protection of property.
............when normal communication systems are not available."
I have traveled extensively in the State of Ohio and there are many forms of
"normal" communications available to motorists traveling the inter-state road
system. Cell phone coverage is excellent, call-boxes are everywhere, every
truck stop monitors CB trucker frequencies.
As to the comment "following an arcane rule", Part 97 is neither secretive,
mysterious, or out-dated. In fact it is fairly easy to understand, considering
it was written by lawyers, and is up-dated as required.
The chaos that exists today on 27 mhz and the reason there are truckers
polluting 10 meters is because those people refuse to be bound rules and
regulations. Amateur Radio is better than that, the rules governing Amateur
Radio, and our ability to follow the rules, is what sets us apart and far above
the 27mhz crowd.
W3TX mentioned he had a similar incident. No he didn't his communication was
legal, it was with another Amateur Radio station. W5KFT's incident was 100%
illegal by every possible definition.
MAL N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Naumann
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 13:32
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Real emergencies
What Bryan reported that he did was right - period.
Someone contacted him and stated it was an emergency.
The FCC Rules Say:
"§ 97.403 Safety of life and protection of property.
No provision of these rules prevents the use by an amateur station of any
means of radiocommunication at its disposal to provide essential
communication
needs in connection with the immediate safety of human life and immediate
protection of property when normal communication systems are
not available."
73.
N5NJ
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