1. There are regs and dedicated spectrum for Marine comms which free-up Ham spectrum for Ham-specific comms.
2. There are types of communications not permitted on Ham spectrum, whether at sea, in the air, or on land. > John Becker wrote: > If the guy at sea was a ham why would care what type of a message > he was sending? > > At 07:42 PM 3/8/2007, you wrote: > >> I'm with you on that. Why the ARRL supports what is essentially long >> range Citizen's Band or Marine Band is beyond me. >> >> de Roger W6VZV -- Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Projects: http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com Personal: http://bibleseven.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~