[Milsurplus] Fair Radio Pulling the Plug

[Facility 406]

On 8/4/2023 11:48, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
> Kurt,
> Not home right now but here is a snippet of the FCC notice I sent to the 
> RFI group. See the note in parenthesis:
>> "As we have noted previously, '[W]hile the value of the amateur 
>> service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communications 
>> service, particularly with respect to providing emergency 
>> communications, is one of the underlying principles of the amateur 
>> service, the amateur service is not an emergency radio service.'"

Thanks!

I missed it int he RFI forum, just checked, and I don't have it there, I 
may have zoned out and deleted it.

So....  Yes, ham radio, and emergency services are a thing, RACES, ARES, 
I was in an emergency service called DCART, BUT, as they say, "the 
amateur service is not an emergency radio service".  It's a bunch of 
hobbyists, with a side interest, that happens to be emcomm, which ties 
in with radio.  Not a service, an aspect of a small hobby.

I'd have to go over some notes, maybe look at some old websites, BUT....

RFI mitigation within the ham bands, even on the ARRL site, was NOT to 
prevent RFI in general, it was to prevent RFI to LICENSED services, in 
allocated frequency ranges, which Amateur radio is, under Part 97, and 
the violation of RFI was a violation of two parts of Part 15, for 
excessive unintentional radiation, which applies to power distribution.

It's been a while since I've been directly involved in it, but Amateur 
radio is still a licensed service, and protected, and unless Part 15 is 
no longer valid, at least two sections apply to noise, so, no change.

As for emergency services, that's just an aspect, like CW, or digital, 
and like the old CW vs AM vs SSB, Hams will fuss about losing one, or 
another gaining more attention.

Kurt