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Considering buying time on an SMR system, question about eligibility

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celestis

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Admittedly I'm a neophyte to this. I was planning to have some people do housekeeping as a short term business every now and then. Was eyeing 5 portable units on a local SMR system. I have one burning question: I understand Part 90 rules enough to know it's for business use exclusively, and SMRs have the burden of making sure activity on their system is legal, so exactly how thoroughly do they verify eligibility? Is declaring "yeah I'm going to have a few folks do housekeeping around town" sufficient enough or are SMR providers generally gonna want to see documents, maybe something like a D/B/A document? Thanks in advance
 

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In most cases, a SMR will do no more than ask if your activities will be some form of business, rather than personal, such as talking to family members. The SMR may have a statement on their contract stating you [the customer] certifies your use will be for business related activities. Keep in mind many small family farms are businesses without using a d/b/a. Even a lemon-aid stand is a business, full time or part time.
 

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In most cases, a SMR will do no more than ask if your activities will be some form of business, rather than personal, such as talking to family members. The SMR may have a statement on their contract stating you [the customer] certifies your use will be for business related activities. Keep in mind many small family farms are businesses without using a d/b/a. Even a lemon-aid stand is a business, full time or part time.
Good to know, it's kind of a pain for me when folks want to see tons of paperwork from me
 

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+1 on what Fred said. Nearly everything is a business - even a FD or EMS service (or as Fred said - a lemonade stand).

In some cases, even family personal communications are allowed when those involve a business. For example, talking about your son's availability for the next week. as long as it could affect your business, it's business related.

The FCC is very liberal on what is "business communications", too.
 
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