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let me preface this by saying I have reached out to Taiwanese customs regarding this matter a few months ago. They said they would pass my message to the NCC I have not heard back since. I am planning ...
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I just tried to renew my US license (which expires in a couple of weeks) through the online CORES system. However, it appears that the system is offline due to the government shutdown. I know that ...
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Do you need an FCC license to broadcast television and radio on ISM bands? Does it make sense to transmit this way?
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the legal language of my lease uses the term 'ham radio' (a colloquial term) prohibiting 'installing' it. would this legally prohibit my 'amateur radio' (FCC term)? is my HT 'installed' as it rests on ...
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This question asks if proprietary encodings are "in keeping with the nature of" of ham radio. The accepted answer notes, at least in regard to FCC regulations, that if anyone can buy ...
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I am a US Permanent Resident with an Extra-class license from the FCC. I'm looking to operate when I visit Canada, but everything I'm seeing on the ARRL and RAC sites specifies Citizen. Are there ...
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I'm doing a bit of research, as a newbie interested in a versatile walkie/HT to be used in Spain, mainly for mountaineering purposes. As far as I've read, it's possible to receive and emit in PMR446 (...
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After having acquired a Baofeng, 5 days later, I found out that it is illegal. For the people who say my question is a duplicate and downvoted my question: I know about this question being the same as ...
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47 CFR 97.113(a)(3) normally prohibits amateurs from transmitting [c]ommunications in which the station licensee or control operator has a pecuniary interest, including communications on behalf of an ...
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Why are there 3rd party rules? http://arrl.org/third-party-operating-agreements lists the countries we are allowed to pass 3rd party messages from. The fcc regulations specifically state that 3rd ...
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Imagine two people want to practice the procedure for sending and receiving messages over amateur radio that are encrypted using a one-time pad. Here’s what doing this for real would look like: ...
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I'm in Europe and sometimes while I'm driving I send my position using aprsdroid on my phone through aprs-is service. One local ham are threatening me because I'm digipeating using my foreign callsign ...
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I am unsure if I am in the right department here because it is not amateur radio, but maybe nevertheless somebody can clarify. Surely everybody has heard about the burning car freighter Freementle ...
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Equipment availability and other logistics aside, is it kosher in the US to fire up a D-Star (or other digital voice) repeater in the appropriate portion of 10m? I haven't been able to find any ...
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Is there any legal way to use an extremely slow mode that takes over ten minutes to send a call sign?
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