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Amateur Radio - What it is not
It is not a commercial radio service.
It is not a broadcast service.
It is not an entertainment medium.
Amateur radio is a Federal Government assigned and regulated communications service which, by its unique attributes, has created an enormous pool of private individuals knowledgeable about and interested in personal wireless communications and which, in times of war and conflict, local, regional or national emergency, can be quickly mobilized to provide emergency communications to supplement government and commercial services. Amateur Radio exists and is supported in all nations of the world. Each operator, in order to receive their government issued license must pass a technical examination.
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It is not a commercial radio service.
It is not a broadcast service.
It is not an entertainment medium.
Amateur Radio Operators are individuals who, by virtue of passing a technical examination in communications, and communications law, are licensed by their respective governments worldwide to operate privately-owned radio stations. They are issued unique call letters and, depending on their earned license class, can communicate using all modes, such as via radio, Morse Code, voice, television, teletype, and digital modes. They are called 'amateurs' since they are prohibited by federal laws from accepting any payment or gratuity for services that may be provided. Since all countries in the world currently license citizens that qualify, this system has created millions of trained and experienced communicators who are available to provide additional instant communications in the event of local, regional or national emergency situations that may preempt, overload or bring down commercial communication services, such as telephones, television, radio and e-mail.
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