[Laser] An Update - KG4SGP

[Tom Becker]

 > ... Since light communication does not require [] any [] legal 
authority... it is important that you be able to demonstrate compliance 
to the rules.

The start and end of that paragraph would seem to contradict.  You start 
speaking legally and end with contesting rules, not law.

FWIW, my experience as an American broadcaster and ham is that the 
Commission will only reluctantly act - on an 
interference-to-a-licensed-service complaint.  As a practical matter, if 
you do not interfere, the FCC likely doesn't know about, and doesn't 
care about your emissions, RF or light.

If a world communication distance record isn't recognized by the ARRL 
because the rules (small r) require that you be a ham, that's up to them 
and you won't get a plaque from them, but the effort is still legitimate 
and the accomplishment the same - whether you are a ham, or not.


Tom Becker