Regardless of appellations used in the licence, a station transmitting for
pure amateur pleasure with no professional/commercial intent is by all
standards of English usage...
an "amateur radio station"...[your honor, My Lord, Judge, Maitre, Ref. )
etc.
G3GVB
----- Original Message -----
From: hamilton mal <g3kev.ham@virgin.net>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Trans Atlantic
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Andrews" <w1tag@w1tag.com>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Trans Atlantic
> Scott,
>
> Thanks for the reminder from the VE side. I now remember an earlier
email
> exchange on that subject. And I do agree with your caution in not
straying
> from the purpose of the grant.
>
> I suppose the same argument could be made from elsewhere. Has anyone
plumbed
> the depths of U.K. officialdom on the subject of communicating with
> non-Amateur services? Or is it best just to leave such things alone?
>
> The problem is actually not with making the 2-way contact; it is with
the
> resulting publicity! If such news were confined to a small group of
> experimenters, nothing would probably come from it.
>
> John Andrews
Hi John and Group
My licence EI2AE says Experimenters Licence and not Radio Amateur Licence.
I
expect all EI licences say the same.
Maybe it has been changed to accommodate recripocal licensing arrangements
with other countries that specify Radio Amateur Licence. The main point
being that anyone can interwork between EI and the rest of the world, so
by
the same logic I do not think there would be a problem in the UK working
an
experimental type station in the USA or elswhere.
The problem might be at your end if it specifically states only inter PART
15 contacts.
So you take a chance or you dont!!!!!!!! If we were all closed down would
it make that much difference!!
de Mal/G3KEV
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