I believe that if you are licensed by the fcc, you must obey fcc rules and regulations when operating in international waters. Only when you reach national waters do foreign rules and regs come into play.
Jim WA0LYK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Russell Hltn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 5, 2007 6:59 PM, Phil Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 05 November 2007, Rick Karlquist wrote: > > > FCC part 97.203d says that this frequency (10.123) is not authorized for > > > automatically controlled beacon stations. It is not clear that > > > this balloon is under any kind of manual control. I see that telemetry > > > is an OK 1 way transmission 97.111.b.7, but there is the question of > > > control. > > > > > > Maybe someone can educate me how this is legal. > > > > I doubt that the FCC has jurisdiction over the Atlantic Ocean airspace. > > > > What callsign will it be using? Will it stay silent until it's in > international waters? >
