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September 28, 1965 F(Z ,v 4 (
Jake Cangelose L T To )
George L. Huebner LL l t't'sv
Chester O'Donnell
Gentlemen:
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On Sunday the 26th part of our discussion included the appropriateness
of using unlicensed persons as operators in the RACES service and
who may authorize operators.
The RACFS liaison net met at 1700 the same day so I asked Frank
Cox for clarification of these points. He reaffirmed the fact that
there was no provision for unlicensed operation and that certification
of operators must be made by the local Civil Defense Radio Officer.
At this time he refered me to the RACES 'Blue Book" pages 66, 67, and
68, and to the FCC Rules and Regulations 97.203.
Concerning the licensing of operators, 97.203 states in part:
"(a) No person shall operate a station in the Radio Amateur Civil
Emergency Service unless (1) that person holds a valid radio operator
license of the proper grade, as described in this section..." In the
section of this paragraph concerning radiotelephone operation it
states: "...any station in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
may be operated by the holder of any class of amateur or commercial
radio operator license issued by the Commission other than a Temporary
Limited Radiotelegraph Second Class Operator License or an Aircraft
Radiotelephone Operator Authorization..." It goes on to prohibit the
lower classes of license from performing certain adjustments or from
using equipment that requires such adjustments in the normal course
of operation.
It should be pointed out that while the local Civil Defense Authority
certifies the Civil Defense Radio Officer, the Radio Officer must be
a licensed operator, and it is he who must make the recommendation
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to the Commission for operator authorizations. This is shown in 97.173- -
Qualifications of Civil Defense Radio Officer: "No person shall be
considered qualified as a civil defense radio officer until he shall
have been found to satisfy the following minimum requirements: (a) He
shall hold either (1) a valid commercial radio operator's license of
either first or second class (radiotelegraph or radiotelephone) issued
by the Commission or (2) a valid amateur operator license issued by
the Commission, other than the Technician or Novice Class." Also under
97.175 -- Duties of Civil Defense Radio Officer: "(c) The recommendation
to the Commission for the granting of authorizations to individual
amateurs for operation in this service, and certification to the
Commission as to the loyalty to the United States and reliability of
such individuals and the certification required in accordance with
97.181."
I hope that I don't give the impression that I don't want to see
our various RACES units established. I do. It is just that I feel
it my duty to point out the legal requirements for these units.
These requirements are not hard to meet. We therefore have no excuse
for not going about this in the right way.
One other thing that Frank Cox pointed out is that it is a mistake
to consider the use of CB in time of war. At this time these frequencies
revert to military use. To plan to use CB for fallout shelter communications
would leave us with a service which would become unavailable at the
very time that it was needed. I would therefore recommend that crystals
be obtained for any units to be placed in shelters so that they could
use RACES frequencies and that licenses be obtained for anyone who is to
operate them.
I have enjoyed working with all of you so far, and I look forward
to the day when we will have a good emergency operating center.
Very truly yours, stia 1 • ).),
District 62 RACES Radio Officer