In article , Robert Casey
writes:

What a cast of characters to convince anyone of "enjoying the
magic of having one's very own radio station by learning morris
goad in order to talk legally via SSB."

Hot Flash, Hot Rod...

It's not required to learn Morse Code to use SSB.

I know that...in military and commercial radio. I used SSB voice
the first time in 1954 communicating with Hawaii from Tokyo.


You really CANNOT read Part 97 with any comprehension, can
you?

What part of Part 97 stumps you? Let us know and maybe one of
us can help you out...

There are SSB subbands on 6 and 2 meter bands. And that requires only a
code free tech license.

Take a look at the tables in Part 97. You will see that ALL bands
from 50.1 upward (except for 144.0 to 144.1 MHz) are marked
"MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data." (page 640 of Volume 5, the
table above 97.307, 1 Oct 03 edition of Title 47 C.F.R.)

Thank you for the illuminating offer of explanation but the regulations
are easy enough to read. I'm not the one needing the explanation.

By the way, there's no indication of "SSB subbands" in the real
official regulations from the government. "Phone" is phone, meaning
the same as voice.

The "M" in MARS = MILITARY

The "A" in MARS = AFFILIATE

MARS is NOT amateur radio.

Sure MARS is not ham radio, but are not most MARS operators also
ham radio licensees? Hams that have been authorized by the military to
operate on MARS radio systems using military owned stations for military
traffic?

According to one Amateur Extra, "MARS is ham radio."

According to the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, the U.S.
Air Force, and the U.S. Navy, it is the MILITARY AFFILIATE
Radio System. I gave the necessary document identification in
here.

Once MARS got the AN/FRC-93 transceiver after 1965, MARS
operators in Vietnam were making phone patches to the States
at a rate of 40,000-plus per month. [that's four decades back in
time] [source: Copy of "Communications-Electronics, Vietnam,
1964-1970," viewable/downloadable at the U.S. Army Center for
Military History]

Can you identify the AN/FRC-93? You should be able to as it is
a familiar radio to most U.S. amateurs. Need a TM on it? That's
available for free download from LOGSA.

What's your point in your reply? I am familiar with several Parts
in Title 47 C.F.R. Not difficult with Part 97, the shortest one in
Volume 5 of the five published volumes (published biannually by
the U. S. Government Printing Office).

I'm not any role-model for U.S. amateur radio public relations.
That's the task of the Amateur Extra who keeps shouting that
"MARS is amateur radio!" If you want better PR for ham radio
then I'd suggest you have a long chat with that Amateur Extra.
I'd say he reflects badly on U.S. amateur radio which is your
avocation too.

LHA / WMD