[amsat-bb] Re: This Is a HOBBY people

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:05:22 +0200 "i8cvs" domenico.i8cvs@tin.it wrote:

Hi Kevin, KF7MYK

The official Definitios given by IARU ( the International Amateur Radio Union) for the Amateur Service and the Amateur-Satellite Service are the following :

And here you make an excellent point - there's no use trotting out the FCC regulations, because they are irrelevant. If the FCC and ARRL want to turn amateur radio into "all emcomm, all the time" then that's great. Don't pollute *my* enjoyment of the hobby with that rubbish, though.

The IARU trumps the FCC.