On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 02:57:20 GMT, KB9WFK wrote:

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:21:51 -0500, "Markeau"
wrote:

"Frank Dresser" wrote in message

You need a license if you want to transmit legally.

Would the FCC prosecute someone for using a ham rig without a license
if there were no other way to communicate that someone was injured or
other "emergency" help was needed? Seems like a mobile ham rig would
be a nice backup in such cases.

As long as it is a true emergency then anyone can use any frequency
available to them. Just 'injured' may not be enough, but any life
threatening situation will justify it. That includes police freqs.

AFIK, that is correct.

However, as has been pointed out before, "the devil is in the
details".

Can you "prove" that you needed to use these frequencies? If you
stop to help a victim of a road accident, can you "prove" that it was
necessary to move him? [Yeah, he may have run into a tree, his car
is on fire, but can you safely drag him out? Depends on whether your
state has a "Good Samaritan Law" perhaps?]

Can person "A" legally kill person "B"? Depends on the
circumstances, actually.

"You are behaving like a troll, disguising your attacks as reasonable
discussion."
'Alan Connor'

Ah well, whatever you think I suppose. How long have you posted on
misc.survivalism?

erniegalts