"N9OGL" wrote


"You must never accept any money or other consideration for operating
your station [97.113(a)(2)]. this is consistent with one of the prime
directives of our serice:


I understand your concern, but the grant does not provide payment for operating;
it provides reimbursement for expenses.

The distinction isn't all that subtle --- consider this: If the government gave
you a plane ticket, lodged you in a hotel, and provided your meals so you could
operate a station in the disaster area, would you consider this "compensation"?
In this case, rather than provide those items "in kind", the government has made
a grant which covers exactly those same expenses after the fact.

I personally wish the money was spent on grants to actual victims, but I can't
find anyone being paid "any money or other consideration for operating".

73, de Hans, K0HB