LIVING IN THE US-TRANSMITTING FROM CANADA

[k4kyv]

the funny part is, according to how that is worded, a canadian in the US has the same privilages as they do in canada, except they must follow the fcc's mode restrictions and the US band edges. so they have to follow our band plans but can run their power levels. that makes me wonder, if you had a canadian license, but lived in the US and wasn't a canadian citizen, could you operate here under your canadian license at their power levels?

correction- that may work if it wasn't  for one thing, it's against the rules.

See the first paragraph:

Canadian amateurs operating in the USA have the same privileges as at home with the following limitations:

        - All operations must be in accordance with FCC Part 97 Rules, and particularly;
        - Amateur operation may not exceed the U.S. band edges [97.301(a)].
        - FCC mode restrictions must be followed [97.305].


So simple even a cave man could figure it out. Per the reciprocal agreement, when operating in Canada, US licensees operate under Canadian regulations.  When Canadian licensees operate in the US, they operate under US regulations.

It is up to Industry Canada how they treat US licence class distinctions while operating in Canada.  It is up to the FCC how Canadian licence class distinctions would be treated while operating in US.

[VE1IDX]

Just to clarify some power limits we have up here. On SSB the legal limit is 2,250 watts pep. On AM, or any other carrier mode including FM and CW, the limit is 750 watts of carrier. The old 1 kW DC input to the final is still on the books but has largely been replaced with power output limits.This is found in section 10 in the link.

http://www.alfaradio.ca/docs/RIC/ric2.pdf

[k4kyv]

Canadians are smarter than United States-ese.

When the FCC changed over to output power rules, they couldn't figure out how to word Part 97 in such a way as to retain the old DC input definition, nor how to limit the power of carrier modes in terms of carrier output.  They also claimed that their field engineers would have needed extra training in order to be able take measurements using more than one alternative, and that such training would have imposed a costly burden on the FCC's budget.

No, no B.S. factor involved here. I still have the paper documents on file that the FeeCee published when they addressed the matter.

[KA3ZLR]

Hi Don,

I think you know how I feel about them , But all they had to do is Train One well...
Then that One goes around and trains everyone else..Buy a few Netwerk Analyzers
and off ya go...I know it's easy to say but...Not Smart Thinkers there....

73
Jack
KA3ZLR

[VE1IDX]

Canadians are smarter than United States-ese.

I've always said that.   

[kb3ouk]

oops, i was reading HOST country as HOME country.