On 17 January 2012 06:01, Rick Bates <happymooseph...@gmail.com> wrote:
" (4) Amateur service. A radiocommunication service for the purpose of > self-training, intercommunication and technical investigations carried > out by amateurs, that is, duly authorized persons interested in radio > technique solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest." > > Means you can't make any money (or profit) of any kind for having/using > your > license. It's still on the written test too. > If you are renting out your equipment (or the use of it) you're not making a profit from having or using your license. You are allowed to own the equipment without a license, just not use it. For example, you could own a company that owned the station, that company would not be licensed and so not bound by any FCC rules, and would be free to rent out time on the station. Another example would be a hotel or guest house in a rare dx qth, who have a station they make available for the use of visiting (paying) ham guests, again they may not have a license themselves but the visiting ham does. The only license "active" under such arrangements would be the user/renter, and I doubt there's anything in the license prohibiting you from *paying* money to operate - in that case it would also be questionable to buy a rig on credit, for example, since in such cases the small print usually states that the equipment remains the property of the seller/lender until paid in full. So yes I can't see how this would be illegal, except in jurisdictions where ownership of ham equipment is restricted to licensed individuals, or operating is restricted to equipment you own. But IANAL and YMMV :) 73, Thomas M0TRN ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
