[BC] Radio engineering not a profession - 50 kW Vs. 2 Watts

[nakayle at gmail.com]

  I don't buy this logic.  A station owner/licensee isn't required to 
pass any exam showing he is knowledgeable and competent to operate a 
radio station.  He only has to have the money to hire consultants to 
do the paperwork.

  True there were some license mill graduates that didn't know which 
end of a xmtr the RF came out, but they were DJs who did nothing more 
than filling in the meter log.  On the other hand there were a lot 
more competent guys in the business than there is now and there was a 
lot better compliance with the rules and regs than there is now.

   - Nat Kayle



On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:53 PM, 
<<mailto:Xmitters at aol.com>Xmitters at aol.com> wrote:

The logic in this is very simple.

The ham radio operator running two watts not only holds an "operators 
license" but he also holds a "station License" and those 
authorizations are bundled into the ham license itself.

The "station Licensee" is responsible for the proper operation of the 
station. In the case of the 50 kW AM, that falls on the holder of the 
station license.

The ham radio operator is also the "station Licensee" and is 
therefore exclusively responsible for its technical operation.