Re: [44net] Request for official clarification from ampr.net BOD

internet at large. Part 97 rules only apply to RF transmissions made from US territory on amateur radio bands. Full stop. The Internet at large does not operate on the ham bands, and most of it does not operate from US territory. And 44net/AMPRnet, while reserved for ham radio users and purposes, is technically not ham radio territory unless you are using AX.25, or carrying it on say WiFi links that exceed the restrictions of unlicensed uses of WiFi bands but are still within what is permitted as amateur radio use (e.g. licensed use of 2.4 GHz spectrum). And any Part 97 restrictions *would* apply in these latter cases whether or not an AMPRnet IP address is used, if transmitters located within US territory are used. As soon as you get rid of ham radio transmission, or anything that's happening is happening in any of the other countries of the world, Part 97 is completely inapplicable. 73 Jim VE5EV