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Re:ARRL Hails FCC Action to Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions by jrockway on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @07:48PM (#38271947)
> a disaster occurred

In the case of emergency, the restrictions on your license no longer apply. You can use whatever means necessary to establish the desired communications.

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Re:ARRL Hails FCC Action to Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions by ianburrell on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @08:03PM (#38272070)
There is a difference between disaster and emergency. The emergency exception is for immediately saving a life. It is basically that if need to call 911 and can’t, you can break rules on radio.

There are lots of people who think the rules are suspended during disaster. That is only true if actively saving a life during a disaster.

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Re:ARRL Hails FCC Action to Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions by edrxty on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @07:53PM (#38271987)
Cool, so a central component of a disaster response is preparation. How do you practice for that when you can't do real key enrollment/management outside of a real disaster?
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