"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.

Markeau ...

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

A radio tuned to your local police department would get quicker help.

Frank

Frank wrote:

Markeau ...

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

A radio tuned to your local police department would get quicker help.


Come up on a cop freq?

That's not *all* you'll get.

Offbreed ...

^ Frank wrote:
^ Markeau ...
^ ^ Would the FCC prosecute someone for using a ham rig
^ ^ without a license if there were no other way to
^ ^ communicate that ... "emergency" help was needed?
^ A radio tuned to your local police department would get
^ quicker help.

^ Come up on a cop freq?
^
^ That's not *all* you'll get.

You'll get the same if you came up on any frequency you aren't licensed to
transmit on. Cop frequencies are no different, except that you'll get help
faster.

Frank

"Markeau" wrote in message
...
"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.


You would have to be very certain that they would agree that it constitutes
an emergency serious enough to do so.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

In article om, "Dee D.
Flint" writes:


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.



Like many other actions in Society today, you would have to think
" Would it hold up in court "??

- Probably once, during a power outage.. In a real emergency; no problem
Then again,
Drinking a Six Pack & Screaming .. Whatever ! !
... again & again

- Wil probably put you in orange, picking up litter on a highway...

When there is an immediate threat to life or property, anyone can legally use
anything to summon help. I'm talking about things like a heart attack or fire
here. On the high seas, it would be a Mayday call.

I don't think it's practical, though, to carry an unauthorized ham rig or
police radio for an emergency that will probably not happen. But use of an
authorized person's radio, when that person is incapacitated, is okay.

By the way... Cingular service in the Galveston area is still overloaded. I
guess the Houston hub continues to be busy.

Bill, K5BY
T2GB040061

"Markeau" wrote in message
...
"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.



In the real world? They don't often act without a complaint. Who'd
complain? Even if somebody complains, they don't seem to knock themselves
out on enforcement. But I'm not close to the situation. I'm not a ham, I'm
just watching from the sidelines.

On the other hand, if you do want to get a ham rig, I don't see any reason
not to get the license. Proficency is the bigger part of preparedness.
Practice, practice, practice. In an emergency situation, it pays to have
radio operator's and communication skills which are second nature.

Frank Dresser

It has always been "my understanding" that in a "true emergency", you can
use any form of radio communications, without a license. However, not too
long ago, an amateur radio operator, involved at the scene of a very serious
life, or death, situation, used his modified HT, to summons help from the
local police. Later, they tried to do everything short of executing him for
his actions! Go figure?

Bill Crocker


"Markeau" wrote in message
...
"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.