[Packet] Re[2]: OT: Ham rules

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer]

Our single license applies to the STATION and the operator. The station
is assigned the call sign. Each operator has such a personal station.
There is no more paperwork or procedure. It applies to the station
whether a microminiature handheld, or a building full of equipment. And
it applies to that handheld, mobile radio, or fixed station under the
control of the licensee. The FCC has NO knowledge of what equipment is
IN the station. Nor do they care. 

The ONLY reason for type testing is to assure that amateur radio
amplifiers are not suitable for use as CB amplifiers. Once owned by
amateurs those amplifiers may be modified to cover 10 meters.

Any US amateur may buy, sell, trade, and manufacture (in small
quantities) without FCC intervention or reporting. We may build, buy, or
modify equipment so long as when its transmitting it does not cause
harmful interference to other services through excess distortion,
harmonics, or spurious outputs. Such experimentation is a fundamental
property of Amateur Radio, learning by experiment. Providing a cache of
experimenters with knowledge of how radios work.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

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