"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Okay, the Cub I rent has no radio, hence no radio license. I am
vaguely aware, each time I use the handheld, that I am operating
without a station license.

Is this a problem? Should I apply to the FCC for a license, and if so,
what sort of license do I want?



Based on FCC rules 87.18 (b) and 87.89 (d) 4.

(
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...47cfr87.18.pdf

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...47cfr87.89.pdf )

you are illegal only if you operate the station outside the USA.

As many have pointed out, Canada rarely, if ever, asks to see the licenses.
In any case, since pretty much all equipment in use is to FCC standards
anyway, I doubt that they will care much about equipment, unless it was
somehow faulty. You would probably be called on the lack of a Station
license only if they decided they had to inspect you because you were
splattering over adjacent frequencies or something like that, and even then
I am betting you would only be in trouble if the equipment was
non-FCC-compliant.... modified, or homebrew, or something like that....

Canada still does, however, require the radio Operator's license for its own
pilots.... so I am betting that you would be called on the lack of an
Operator's license (rule 87.89) before you would be called on the Station
license. Again, they probably won't care to check your Operator's license
unless you display improper technique....