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In the US? If so, which Part 97 rule says you don’t need to be licensed to transmit during an emergency?

• cweagans 5y ago
  § 97.403
  • iamhamm 5y ago
    That doesn’t say you can be unlicensed. It’s emergency use of an “amateur station” without restriction of method (eg using voice in the digital bands or operating outside of licensed level). The “amateur station” is defined as “apparatus of amateur service” which is defined in 97.3 as “carried out by amateurs, that is, duly authorized persons interested in radio technique…”. The “duly authorized” part would be the licensed component.
    • cweagans 5y ago
      “ No provision of these rules prevents the use by an amateur station of any means of radiocommunication at its disposal to provide essential communication needs in connection with the immediate safety of human life and immediate protection of property when normal communication systems are not available.” You’re overthinking this. It says nothing about method. If a station is available to you, normal communication systems are not available, and there is an immediate threat to life or property, then use the station. Simple as that. This is a clarifying rule and it’s important to look at the intent, which effectively boils down to “if it’s truly an emergency, rules can be ignored”, even if it’s structured semantically in a way that the definitions do not necessarily agree.