[Lowfer] Group Part-5 license for LF???

Sat, 17 May 2003 20:43:41 -0500

The Part-5 license as I understand it is for Licensed Amateur radio
operators; that is what the SHMRG group told me as there were at least one
non-licensed person who wanted in on that group. Am I correct or not??? I am
asking if the Lowfer community would be interested in applying for a Part-5
license to get what we didn't get on 136kc or ask for even more around that
freq or somewhere else. The SHMRG group is dead as far as I am concerned.
Nothing is going on besides Ralph and I tried and begged to get on the
license only to be told it was at the FCC and waiting for approval to add a
few of the interested persons. That was last year.

Mike Reid

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of John Davis
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Group Part-5 license for LF???

>Since we are not going to get a 136kc Amateur band in the near future, we
>may as well go Part-5 as the FCC suggested when they shot us down for the
>136 Amateur band. It is only available to licensed Amateur Radio operators.
>Is there another band of frequencies of interest instead of 136kc?

Not sure I follow what you're saying here, Mike.

Are you saying 136 would ONLY be available for licensed amateurs?  (I'm not
aware of any rule that would preclude a Part 5 license there.)  Or are you
proposing the experimental license only be open to hams?  (Seems to me the
three or four existing Part 5 licensees have already been too exclusive in
that regard.)

Thanks for any clarification.

John