[Packet] Re[2]: OT: Ham rules
Kenneth Stringham
[email protected]
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:01:54 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Miro,
I do not have to obtain permission to own and operate
my station. I am free to choose my equipment and
operate within my priviledges. We are required to
prove we are qualified to make our own decisions about
the nature of our station.
--- Miroslav Skoric <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Kenneth,
>
> Monday, April 28, 2003, 10:05:33 PM, you wrote:
>
> KS> Hi Miro,
>
> KS> I will attempt clear things up for you. The
> responses
> KS> will be included with you text:
>
> There is still an issue that I don't understand,
> HI. So, let's try
> once again:
>
> KS> The license you receive is a combination
> KS> station/operator license with the assigned call
> sign.
> KS> You can have as many or as few radioes as your
> needs
> KS> and interests dictate here. Personally I have 11
> KS> different radioes here at the moment.
>
> Good. It makes me wonder if you have only ONE paper
> (that you called a
> "combination station/operator license") valid for
> all those 11 radios,
> or maybe you have some additional papers (call it
> whatever you like)
> for any particular radio? I ask that because here
> in Serbia we get a
> special booklet-permission for *any* particular
> radio we have.
I have one paper from the FCC. It is my
station/operator's license and it has my assigned call
sign as my identy before the licensing authority.
We have various license classes that convey various
levels of priviledges. I hold the highest class of
license (Amateur Extra). I was required to pass a 20
WPM code examination and a tough technical
examination. This class, now, only requires a 5 WPM
code examination and the same tough written
examination.
>
> 1. In other words, when I pass an exam I
> apply for a "personal
> permission to use an amateur radio". In that
> paper there is no call
> sign at all. With it I am allowed to use a
> friend's or a club's
> station according to the ham class level. It is
> just similar to a
> driver license that makes me legally allowed to
> drive my dad's car or
> a friend's car etc.
>
> 2. So far so good. When I want to purchase my own
> radio, I apply for a
> "first radio permission" (earlier called a
> "supply permission" or
> like). There is still no call sign in it
> (but there is a type
> generally mentioned: VHF, HF, mobile, handy etc. No
> brand/model). With
> that document I may go down the street to the
> radio shop and buy the
> station.
>
> 3. Next, after getting the radio I carry it to be
> officially checked
> in order to get a receipt of comply to technical
> standard or whatever.
>
> 4. With that receipt, the bill of the product
> purchased and the
> "supply permission", once again I apply for
> the "second radio
> permission" (earlier called a "permission to work"
> or like). According
> to all those papers, they give me the "second
> radio permission",
> having the call sign in it. Now I can use my radio.
>
> (Comparing to automotive rules, that might be
> similar to a "car
> licence", a paper that confirm the vehicle is
> legally ok and
> technically approved. In Serbia, a driver licence
> and a car licence
> are two different papers. The first one is for a
> driver and the second
> one is for the vehicle. Don't know about the other
> lands).
Here in the states, we get a driver's license that
permits us to operate a vehicle of the class for which
we are licensed. The vehicle requires a registration,
insurance, and an inspection that requires the car to
meet specified safety and emissions standards.
>
> Well, that is not all. Case I want to buy
> *another* one radio, the
> second one radio, I have to follow the steps 2-4
> once again. The only
> difference is that now they write down the call
> sign of the first
> radio, so I always have only one call sign for
> all radios. For any
> other following radio wanted, the steps 2-4 are to
> be repeated. Ex. in
> case of 11 radios = 11 x steps 2-4. Get it?
>
> Of course, that's not all. All mentioned
> "licenses" void after 5
> years. To renew every one of them, steps 2-4 must
> be repeated again,
> again .... HI. Get it?
>
> I hope your local procedure is a bit easier than
> ours ..
>
Miro, our regulations are simple. We pass the test,
get our license and operate whatever equipment we wish
to operate. The license is good for 10 years and then
we renew it. The license itself is free from the FCC.
You only pay to take the examination. I am not
required to take any more examinations. I have full
amateur priviledges as an Amateur Extra. I am
personally responsible for the technical suitability
of my equipment for us in the Amateur Radion Service.
The only time I have to prove the suitability for
operation is in the event that there is an apparent
violation of Part 97 of the FCC regulations. It is up
to me how I determine whether I am in compliance. I
can make my own measurements or arrange for a
professional service of my choice to make the
measurements. I then provide the results of my tests
to the FCC to support my position.
Our service has a long tradition of compliance with
the regulations that govern our service and in
addition we are self policing. We will advise our
collegues when there is a problem and we work together
to resolve them before the regulating authority is
forced to take action. We have amateur provided
organizations that serve as mediators in disputes and
provide coordination for services that require the
service such as repeaters and the like.
The issue here for your authority seems to be two (2)
fold. The see the use of amateur radio as a natural
resource that they must maintain control over and use
as a source of revenue. There is a natural aversion to
permitting the individual the free use of shared
resources. We, here in the US, are free to explore a
select set of frequencies as we see fit as long as we
adhere to the good amateur practice standards set by
our regulations. We Americans elect our government
officials. They answer to us ultimately, not the other
way around. This is our tradition and is specified in
our laws. Your country has yet to develop this type of
tradition and you the people of the Union should
insist on this type of trust and freedom. This will
only happen when you use your vote to select like
minded officials. We, here, grew up with this freedom.
You will have implement it and bring future
generations up with it.
Best Wishes from me to you and may God Bless you and
your people.
Ken
AE1X:kes
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