"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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I would imagine that already being a Ham might help you get that job,
but there are no doubt plenty of trained operators in the service that
aren't Hams, and some of them are the connection points for the Hams.

- Mike KB3EIA -


Correct Mike. As an example....when I was chop (Chief operator) at the ARMY
MARS Station AE1AYY in Frankfurt Germany I had several assigned operators.
None had a license but me. But....to be NCOIC (Sergeant in charge) or CHOP
I would not have HAD TO have a license. As long as there was someone in
the unit that had the callsign with the German authorities and we had Army
authorization as a MARS station. I am sure these rules would vary depending
on the country however. But the above would be basically the same I am
sure.

Dan/W4NTI