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January 17th 10, 01:22 AM
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so when a cop asks for your radio license
On Jan 16, 6:00*pm, radioguy wrote:
* Make sure you have yourhamradiostation license also. *If you don't, the police may become suspicious of you. You no longer need to carry a copy of yourhamlicense around with you for a couple of years allready. *Thecophas no business asking for your Hamlicense, only an officer of the FCC can ask for it, and even THEY won't since you don't need to have it ON you anymore! *All you need is an issued callsign. I thought all FCC transmit licenses were supposed to be affixed to the transmitter or a reasonable distance to it? *Granted this is silly for ahamoperator because of the different amounts of equipment they may have.....but you should still have it with you. As for acopnot being able to ask for your ticket - this is not true. You are saying a localcop(or state - whatever) has no authority to enforce a Federal violation. If thecopis investigating a situation that involves you transmitting on, what he believes, ahamradio- he can certainly ask for proof that you are authorized to do so. *Because if you are not authorized, there is a Federal law being violated. In some states, you are allowed to carry a handgun concealed with the proper paperwork. *If thecopsees that you have a gun, do you think he'll ask to see your handgun What if you are a legal GMRS user operating under autrhority of one of your relative's GMRS license and a cop asks you for your proof? You have none to show the cop beccause the FCC doesn't issue paper licensces to relatives, only to your relative. Who isn't with you at the time. and doesn't need to be. So the cop indeed has no business asking to see your radio license and no authority to confiscate your radio for not doing so. Under FCC rules, a GMRS licensee's parents, children, grandparents, uncles, aunts, nephews, and neices (and possibly others I missed, such as spouse, spouse's parents, children, grandparents, uncles, aunts, nephews *anbd neices So two or more of them mobile talking to each other can not all have the license with them when there is only one license. So the cops indeed have no business asking you for your federally issued radio license and no authority to condiscate it since you are operating completely legally.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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