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2m FM calling practices
"RDWeaver" wrote in message oups.com... On May 11, 7:01 pm, John wrote: Around my area, pretty much everything goes... (what's legal anyway). As long as it's legal, that ought to be the test. What ever happened to the old FCC Official Observer program? These were licensed volunteers (hams just like you and me) who passed some screening exam, and then cruised the bands looking for problems. As I recall they had no 'police' power but could issue you a 'friendly reminder', backed up by "chapter and verse" if you were afoul of the rules. This reminder didn't go on any record, but was intended to take a load off the FCC monitoring stations. I suppose that 'frequent offenders' were referred upstairs, but I never heard of it. 73, RDW My appointment as an Official Observer in the FCC Field Operations Bureau Amateur Auxiliary was in March 1989. At that time to become an Official Observer you must have held a Technician class or higher license for at least 5 years and pass a rigorous test of FCC part 97 rules questions. After being appointed the ARRL provided me with a free copy of "The FCC Rule Book". If an OO notice didn't get the desired result the next step was a "Heavy Duty" notice from a FCC monitoring station. That would usually get the job done. 73, Ace - WH2T .. |
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