[PPRAANet] WILL HAM RADIO BE SHUT DOWN IF WAR IS DECLARED?

[Lee Inman]

From:

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The ARRL Letter
Vol. 22, No. 11
March 14, 2003
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=3D=3D>WILL HAM RADIO BE SHUT DOWN IF WAR IS DECLARED?

Some amateurs have been wondering if the FCC will shut down Amateur =
Radio in
the event that war breaks out in the Middle East. The short answer is =
"no."

Just prior to the Gulf War, =A7214.4(b)(4) of Title 47 of the Code of =
Federal
Regulations was deleted. This section had mandated the closing of all
Amateur Radio stations except Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
(RACES) stations in the event that the president proclaimed a war or
national emergency. The last time Amateur Radio was shut down was during
World War II, although the FCC continued to give Amateur Radio =
examinations.

While the Amateur Radio Service will not automatically be shut down if =
the
president invokes the War Powers Act, Amateur Radio licensees must =
continue
to observe any directives the FCC may issue in the interests of national
security and of making spectrum available for government use.

The FCC is directed to work in coordination with the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to issue
"appropriate rules, regulations, orders and instructions" for use of the
spectrum "as may be necessary to ensure the effective use of those =
portions
of the radio spectrum shared by government and non-government users."
Amateurs share most UHF allocations with the US government.

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To read the complete ARRL letter see:
http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/03/0314/



73, Lee K0QED
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