In english for everyone else.. is that the rule that says 'screw all the FCC rules and save your bacon if you need to' rule?

Pretty much. Its the "if its really an emergency then use any means of communications you have license or not and we'll waive the fines until after your found" <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

:-)

Hey, the way I hear it, words mean something!

Not only has it been a while since I'd read part 97, I've apparently not be following the whole APRS craze - neat stuff <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

After looking at the rules a bit last night, APRS, though not specifically mentioned, seems to fall under telemetry which is an acceptable use of one-way transmissions.

Still, there's a difference between what you can do in an emergency and what you can do for routine operation.

For now, I'll stick with letting people know where I'm going and carry my cell and dual band HT with me. I hope to soon add a PLB to the gear I carry.

If it comes down to a nasty situation, and I can't get out on my own, then I'd hope to be able to use the cell phone, then HT, and finally the PLB as a last resort to call in for help.

I'm all for using Amateur radio to the fullest extent, but in the end I'd rather spend the extra bucks on a PLB than rely on a APRS setup that I've cobbled together and then hope someone can hear the transmissions. With a PLB, the satellite's always up there listening <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

For one thing, I hope they wouldn't be able to fine you unless your found.. for another, I'd hope that if it was a real emergency, that rule would protect you from being fined..


Words do mean something, and often the ones that you use every day and think you know what they mean, you do not... Do you know all 179 definitions of the word Run? Did you even know there were that many definitions of the word run? What other words do you think that you know that have more definitions then you think they do?

Its when all these words are strung together in haltingly unfamiiar ways that it requires trained personell to sift through which definition is to be used in each sentence that is ment to be very precise and easy to understand, but ultimately is just very confusing, yet still precise.

All that is beside the point of the statment that 'words mean something', which is, when you say something, that something that you said has meaning.. for instance, when my estranged wife said 'I do', it Should have ment that she would follow the list of things that she said 'I do' to, instead she abandons her daughter and husband and runs off with someone that can abandon his wife and 10 (yes, thats TEN) children.. yah, he is going to take care of her.. they deserve eachother.