[Ares-races] VHF Marine Band question

[Jerry]

In my opinion, the most significant part of my message was:  "...if no 
other means were available, I would not hesitate to use any available 
radio communications means at my disposal."

None the eight commercially manufactured amateur radio transceivers I 
presently own have been modified to transmit on non-amateur frequencies; 
that's unlawful.  The only way I could transmit on non-amateur 
frequencies would be to use someone else's radio equipment, presumably 
type accepted for operation on whatever frequencies it is capable of 
operating on.  If I were on someone's pleasure boat, I would not 
hesitate to use their marine VHF or SSB radio.  If I were near a fire 
department apparatus, I would not hesitate to use their VHF/UHF/trunked 
radio, and ditto for any other public safety organization.  The 
qualifier for such use is under the circumstances of immediate threat to 
life or property and no other communications means are available.

KK5CA



N4AOF wrote:

>Let me quote the most significant parts of your message...
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>�97.401
>an amateur station may
>
>�97.403
>by an amateur station
>
>�97.405
>by an amateur station
>
>
>The reason these are the significant parts of the message is because
>they point out that the authorizations in 97.401, 97.403, and 97.405 -- 
>just like all of Part 97 -- apply ONLY to stations operating in the
>Amateur Radio Service -- a service which exists only on frequencies
>allocated to it.  The instant an operator cranks up his or her
>transmitter outside the amateur frequencies, it is no longer an Amateur
>Radio Station, it suddenly becomes an unlicensed station operating
>without authorization in whatever service owns the frequency it is
>using.  
>