bb wrote:
Phil Kane wrote:
On 7 Jan 2005 06:32:52 -0800, Carl wrote:
I have always thought that "broadcast" is NOT allowed on amateur
bands.
Where am I mistaken?
You aren't.
-- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

With one exception.

The "one exception" is "Communications directly related to the
immediate safety of human life or the protection of property may be
provided by amateur stations to broadcasters for dissemination to the
public where no other means of communication is reasonably available
before or at the time of the event." The "one exception" is not
"broadcasting to amateur operators."

Other than the safety exception, Section 97.113 "prohibits amateur
stations from engaging in any form of broadcasting or in any activity
related to program production or news gathering for broadcasting
purposes." Section 97.3 defines the term "broadcasting," in the context
of the amateur service, as "a transmission intended for reception by
the general public, either direct or delayed."

What N9OGL and K1MAN contend is "legal" broadcasting is defined by the
FCC in in Section 97.3 as "an Information Bulletin." It is a message
directed "only to amateur operators" and consists "solely of subject
matter of direct interest to the amateur service. The control operator
of the station transmitting an information bulletin is responsible for
determining that the subject matter is of direct interest to the
amateur service."

To label information bulletins as "broadcasting" is just wrong. The
responsibility of the control operator to determine appropriate subject
matter for one-way communications should not be construed to allow
one-way commentary on non-radio issues (such as baseball) just because
radio operators are interested in baseball.

"Section 97.111(b) provides for one-way communications. In summary,
auxiliary, beacon, space and stations in distress are specifically
authorized to make certain one-way transmissions. Additionally, an
amateur station may transmit the following types of one-way
communications:
1. Brief transmissions necessary to make adjustments to the station;
2. Brief transmissions necessary for establishing two-way
communications with other stations;
3. Telecommand;
4. Transmissions necessary to providing emergency communications;
5. Transmissions necessary to assisting persons learning, or improving
proficiency in, the international Morse code;
6. Transmissions necessary to disseminate an information bulletin; and
7. Telemetry."