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station of any means of radio communication at its disposal
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These words are the key.
The STATION (not the operator) has certain frequencies (those assigned to amateur radio) at its 'disposal'. All frequencies that station might legally use. Operators, seperately, have other limits on their usable frequencies due to license class.
An amateur 'station' does NOT have non-amateur frequencies at its 'disposal', legally.
Any transmission on non-licensed frequencies, other than those which do not require a license, is transmitting without a license, and subject to all the usual penalties.
Communicating with non-amateur stations is aimed at talking (on ham frequencies) to non-ham stations, such as military, who might be either on ham frequencies themselves, or replying on a different, non-ham frequency.
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These words are the key.
The STATION (not the operator) has certain frequencies (those assigned to amateur radio) at its 'disposal'. All frequencies that station might legally use. Operators, seperately, have other limits on their usable frequencies due to license class.
An amateur 'station' does NOT have non-amateur frequencies at its 'disposal', legally.
Any transmission on non-licensed frequencies, other than those which do not require a license, is transmitting without a license, and subject to all the usual penalties.
Communicating with non-amateur stations is aimed at talking (on ham frequencies) to non-ham stations, such as military, who might be either on ham frequencies themselves, or replying on a different, non-ham frequency.