Absolutely! A analogy would be this. A person (who has no driver's license)
hears an elderly person yelling "help!" from their car. It turns out that
this elderly person is having a heart attack. The unlicensed person may
drive the elderly person to the hospital ER without fear of any
consequences.

"Matt" wrote in message
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If you need emergency help you can use any frequency to try to
get help.
Ace - WH2T

Ok.. so we've established that... now here's an interesting twist... what
if I as an unlicensed user am just listening to the ham bands, and HEAR a
request for help? Am I allowed to respond back to the person?