[KYHAM] Recent FCC action...

[Ron Dodson]

 > Federal law no longer requires us to carry our license with 
us, BUT,
 > let's think about how many local law enforcement officers are 
experts on
 > Federal law.  I would suggest not letting this lure amateur radio
 > operators into a lax feeling about having your license, or a 
copy with
 > you.  You never know.
 >
 > Just a thought...
 > Take care, 73, Pat


I agree.  I'd suggest that you have a copy of your amateur 
license WITH a copy of the Ky Scanner Law 
http://www.kyham.net/docs/legal/scanner.pdf stapled to it in the 
glovebox of any vehicle you keep a transmitting radio in.

Could save a body a world of explaining if you ran across the 
wrong officer one day.

73,
Ron Dodson, KA4MAP
SEC Ky


Pat Spencer, KD4PWL wrote:
> Full story at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/04/15/102/?nc=1
> 
> One thing caught my eye at the bottom of this page...
> The Commission ordered some changes in Part 97 without requesting or 
> requiring comment. "These non-substantive changes to the Amateur Service 
> rules are not subject to notice and comment under the Administrative 
> Procedure Act," the FCC said.
> 
> The FCC ordered the revision of the definition of an "amateur operator" 
> in �97.3(a)(1) to reflect that it is "not the possession of a license 
> document but rather an entry in our Universal Licensing System (ULS) 
> that determines whether a person is an Amateur Radio operator."
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Federal law no longer requires us to carry our license with us, BUT, 
> let's think about how many local law enforcement officers are experts on 
> Federal law.  I would suggest not letting this lure amateur radio 
> operators into a lax feeling about having your license, or a copy with 
> you.  You never know.
> 
> Just a thought...
> Take care, 73, Pat
> 
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