"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
k.net...

Of course, those quotes don't reflect anything said by me. Instead, I
said
public service is a key component of the basis and purpose of this radio
service (97.1a).



I repeat the words in 97.1a amount only to a recognition of the fact that we
do public service and encouragement to us to continue. It is not an
authorization to do public service. We need no authorization whatsoever to
do public service. Amateur radio operators have always participated in
public service and have done so since before those words were incorporated
into the FCC rules. There is NO mandate. There is NO authorization.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE