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![]() "bpnjensen" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 9, 5:47 pm, "Brian O" wrote: "bpnjensen" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 9, 12:16 pm, "Brian O" wrote: There are standars of right and wrong. The point is its illegal to operate a gmrs radio without a license. And my point is that it is unethical to require an outrageous fee for a license for this service. That's just as wrong, arguably worse, than operating wiothout a license. Sorry, but your opinion that it is unethical is just that, an opinion. If you dont like the law, lobby to change it. Its not an ourageous fee especially in the face of what a cell phone costs per year. I agree, it is an opinion, just as is your POV. I have explained elsewhere in this thread why I think the way I do. But thats the whole point. Your opinion, and mine, doesnt matter. Its what the law SAYS that matters. Yes, you do, you can break the law by operating a gmrs radio without a license, or comply with the law and get a license to operate. Just because you don't pay for illegality now, doesn't mean you wont later. If you feel safe, you're welcome to it. But people that generally don't have regard enough for the law will turn gmrs into another cb radio band. I for one don't want to see that and will report people using the radios without a license. Fine, go ahead. I believe your opinion to be incorrect. As I have also explained elsewhere in this thread, I do not use the radio improperly, and in fact I use it for a valid and worthwhile public purpose ONLY. My transmissions are brief, to-the-point and limited to specific use in the Yellowstone geyser basins. There are plenty of unlicensed people there, nobody uses his/her call sign, and the NPS VC welcomes out information. Totally irrelivant. It doesnt matter how you use it, its still illegal if youre not following the law by being licensed. The GPs who show up there *with licenses* cannot say as much about their own transmissions. Luckily, the bands are not crowded at YNP. Then they should answer to the FCC as the FCC sees fit. You have no room to talk. Ah, a snitch, eh? What are you going to do, interrogate each user? Just report what I know. Or what you suspect? What I know. Now that you have publically stated where you are and when you operate and that you have no license, you are exposing yourself to retribution from the FCC. As I have explained before, I use them for a couple of weeks a year to report observations of geyser activity in Yellowstone National Park. This activity is very common among the geyser enthusiasts and scientists that congregate there. It is quite useful, is clearly not an abuse of the airwaves, and provides invaluable information to the Visitor Center who in turn provide geyser viewing advice to the millions of folks who visit each year. Now, if I read the rules correctly, the legal use of these devices requires frequent identification using the assigned call sign. In all of my experience there, I have not once heard an utterance of a call sign. This, in direct view of federal government employees that are also sworn peace oficers (rangers). That still doesn't give you an excuse to break the law. "No body else does it, why should I have to?" Your opinion. As I have stated, I disagree and am not going to be penalized for providing a public service. Again, not my opinion, or yours. Its what the law SAYS. You can try to justify your illegal operation all you wish. It still doesn't change the truth of your operations being illegal. It also doesn't change the truth that the law is wrong and benefits only the bureaucrats. BJ It may be wrong, but its not immoral, or unethical, therefore you have no moral basis to break that law. If you don't like it, then get off you illegal-operation backside and do something to change it through the system. B |
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