[Ares-races] Will ham radio be shut down if war is declared?

[BillLennox@aol.com]

FROM:  http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/03/13/1/?nc=3D1

Will ham radio be shut down if war is declared?=20

       Some amateurs have been wondering if the FCC will shut down Amateur=20
Radio in the event that war breaks out in the Middle East. The short answer=20
is "no." Just prior to the Gulf War, =A7214.4(b)(4) of Title 47 of the Code=20=
of=20
Federal Regulations was deleted. This section HAD mandated the closing of al=
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Amateur Radio stations except Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)=20
stations in the event that the president proclaimed a war or national=20
emergency.=20

       The last time Amateur Radio was shut down was during World War II.=20
While the Amateur Radio Service will not automatically be shut down if the=20
president invokes the War Powers Act, Amateur Radio licensees must continue=20
to observe any directives the FCC may issue in the interests of national=20
security and of making spectrum available for government use.=20

       The FCC is directed to work in coordination with the National=20
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to issue=20
"appropriate rules, regulations, orders and instructions" for use of the=20
spectrum "as may be necessary to ensure the effective use of those portions=20
of the radio spectrum shared by government and non-government users."=20
Amateurs share most UHF spectrum with the US government.=20

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