AMATEUR RADIO LICENSES Due to some recent controversy on QRZ.COM, about where a home amateur radio station is called a "fixed station" or a "base station," I decided to
post some copies of a couple of my very old amateur radio licenses. Note: The FCC referred to the home station as a "fixed station." It meant the location of the transmitting
equipment licensed. The FCC no longer requires that. There was at time when one applied for an amateur radio license, one had to specify, in great detail, the EXACT location of the
intended transmitter. That could be a street address, or a rural address, or directions, such as "Go Highway 41 south, turn east 2-1/2 miles to Gorietta, go south 300 yards, to white house
on left." Operation away from that fixed location required notification of portable or mobile operation. A "base station" was considered to be as above, a fixed station at a
specific point, but used in association with its mobile units under the same license. CB radio had "base stations" for they were meant to communicate with mobile stations under the same
license. Business band stations were the same way. Amateur stations were not, as they were a single fixed station which would not normally be communicating with a mobile station under
the same license. |
