[Ares-races] RE: RACES - outside contractors

[Mike (KA5CVH) Urich]

On 7/21/05, McCartney, Alan (US SSA) <alan.mccartney at baesystems.com> wrote:

> By allowing the state EMA to continue to us the term "contractor", this
> has legal definitions that directly prohibit all amateur radio operators
> from utilizing Part 97 allocated radio frequencies to be used.

Mike wrote

I'm afraid that you are oh so wrong.  We are not using our radios for
commercial purposes and as long as we don't there is no conflict with
Part 97.  Using the same logic, any amateur radio purchased by a
served agency and installed on their premises could be loosely
considered a commercial venture as well and thus "illegal".  As I
already posted, and reinforced by Dave Colter WA1ZCN this is merely a
legal maneuver to limit the served agencies exposure.  But you are
CORRECT my friend this is a legal issue but not for the reasons you
suspect.

-- 
Mike Urich, KA5CVH
http://ka5cvh.com