"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"Icebound" wrote in message
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"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....snip...

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

Ah yes, the FAA requires us to have a station license if we are in Canada
where the FAA has no authority. Another fine example of our government in
action.


Remember that Radio rules are governed by International Agreement. The USA
and Canada choose not to enforce certain aspects of the licensing
requirement within their own borders, but once you wander Internationally,
they are supposed to comply with the International agreement.


As many have pointed out, Canada rarely, if ever, asks to see the
licenses.
....snip...

What do Canadian regulations say regarding station and operator licenses
if
a US citizen brings a private plane into Canada?



Radiocommunication Regulations, Jan 2002, Rule 12:
Radio apparatus used in a mobile station that is licensed or exempted by the
responsible
administration of another country is exempt from the application of
subsection 4(1) of the Act if
the mobile station is used for communications with stations licensed or
exempted in Canada or
that other country and if
(a) the operator is a citizen of that other country; and
(b) a reciprocal agreement that allows similar privileges to Canadians
exists between that
other country and Canada.


An undated (but post 9/11) statement from the Canadian licensing authority
states that "negotiations were entered" with the USA in 1999 to create such
a "reciprocal agreement" but they were never completed, ----and the official
position is that the licenses (station plus operators) are required----.

The statement goes on to say that it is a good idea for Canadians to have
their Station/Operators licenses in order if traveling to the USA in a post
9/11 era, if only as another validation of ID.