On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 05:21:34PM +0100, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: > On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:05:22 +0200 > "i8cvs" <domenico.i8...@tin.it> wrote: > > > > Hi Kevin, KF7MYK > > > > The official Definitios given by IARU ( the International Amateur Radio > > Union) for the Amateur Service and the Amateur-Satellite Service are the > > following : > > And here you make an excellent point - there's no use trotting out the FCC > regulations, because they are irrelevant. If the FCC and ARRL want to turn > amateur radio into "all emcomm, all the time" then that's great. Don't > pollute *my* enjoyment of the hobby with that rubbish, though. > > The IARU trumps the FCC.
Amateur radio is a fun hobby, don't pretend it is a police ancillary service, that was never the intent. If you happen to be with radio and you can help it is your obligation to help. > > -- > Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ <gordon...@gjcp.net> - Diane Bruce VA3DB -- - d...@freebsd.org d...@db.net http://www.db.net/~db Why leave money to our children if we don't leave them the Earth? _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
