"Leo" wrote in message
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Dwight,

I did some digging on this, and I believe that you are absolutely
correct - a mandate is an authorization or an approval.

In fact, the word "mandate" can be used to mean either a mandatory
requirement or an authorization. The dictionary defines "mandate" as:


Except that the FCC rules do not grant any authority in anyway to do public
service nor do they establish any requirement to do public service. In any
sense of the word mandate, there is none in the FCC Part 97.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE