RadioBanter - View Single Post - Where does part 97 end and part 15 begin?

Paul W. Schleck · January 27th 07, 09:20 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew

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In . com writes:

Paul,

Its my opinion, the fact that these childrens' homes are on Navajo
Land is legally irrelevant.

I agree. I was just rebutting the bad advice given here that you should
try to focus on legal loopholes or otherwise "stretch" the law in some
way. Especially when that advice is based on an incomplete or inexpert
knowledge of the law, whose misunderstanding could have expensive
consequences. I know that hams in general are an honorable lot, and as
a whole would not attempt to think or act that way. I'm glad that we
are thinking along the same lines. Which is one of the reasons that I
believed that you were sincere, and a licensed amateur radio operator.

From what I understand, Native territories are jurisdictions having
roughly equal standing
to the states, but just like states are still subject to the
Constitution and to Acts of Congress,
such as the one authorizing the FCC and parts 15 and 97.

Treaties with Native American tribes, and resulting laws and
inter-jurisdictional agreements bear out that viewpoint, according to
the expert that I consulted, and quoted in my previous post.

So, the one remaining question would appear to be your original one,
which was where does Part 15 leave off and Part 97 begin? I think that
the ARRL TIS site that I linked previously is a good place to start. I
invite everyone to consider the excellent advice offered at that site,
including links to FCC documents, independent of prejudicial dislike of
the involved sources or personalities.

As for using a pseudonym, I use that rather than my name or call for
obvious reasons of
personal safety for myself and my family.

That's too bad that Usenet has degraded to the point that we actually
fear for the safety of ourselves and our families when we participate
here, and merely state our intentions to operate lawfully, and not
tolerate unlawful behavior. I'm honestly surprised that these are
controversial viewpoints in some quarters.

Personally, in nearly 17 years of participating on-line, I've never felt
the need to use a pseudonym, or feared for my safety. However, I
respect the reasonable personal choices of others in this regard.

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73, Paul W. Schleck, K3FU

http://www.novia.net/~pschleck/
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