Harvey White wrote:

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Why does a person have to contribute to the global amateur community
to have a license?


Oh, sweet mother of mercy! He doesn't. You guys are completely missing
the point: the original poster was looking for a radio substitute for a
cellphone so that he could talk to his family. That's it.

To recommend taking a ham radio test for this is ludicrous and ridiculous.

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FCC rules: §97.113 Prohibited transmissions.

(a) No amateur station shall transmit:

(5) Communications, on a regular basis, which could reasonably be
furnished alternatively through other radio services.

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All else you wrote is irrelevant because he's not looking to become a
ham to begin with. I can't believe I'm having this discussion. Would we
be talking about all this if someone came in asking for a radio
communication advice for his business? Would it be reasonable to offer
him to take a ham radio test? If not, then why is this reasonable in the
original example?

73 .... WA7AA



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