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 Amateur radio (or ham radio) is a service provided by the FCC to allow those that pass the tests to be able to use a set of allocated frequencies for the use of communication, experimentation, emergency management, and fun. Part 97 of the Code of Federal Regulation states: Amateur radio (or ham radio) is a service provided by the FCC to allow those that pass the tests to be able to use a set of allocated frequencies for the use of communication, experimentation, emergency management, and fun. Part 97 of the Code of Federal Regulation states:
  
-The rules and regulations in this part are designed to provide an amateur radio service having a fundamental purpose as expressed in the following principles: +> The rules and regulations in this part are designed to provide an amateur radio service having a fundamental purpose as expressed in the following principles: 
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-(a) Recognition and enhancement of the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communication service, particularly with respect to providing emergency communications. +> (a) Recognition and enhancement of the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communication service, particularly with respect to providing emergency communications. 
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-(b) Continuation and extension of the amateur's proven ability to contribute to the advancement of the radio art. +> (b) Continuation and extension of the amateur's proven ability to contribute to the advancement of the radio art. 
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-<nowiki>(c)</nowiki> Encouragement and improvement of the amateur service through rules which provide for advancing skills in both the communication and technical phases of the art. +> (c) Encouragement and improvement of the amateur service through rules which provide for advancing skills in both the communication and technical phases of the art. 
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-(d) Expansion of the existing reservoir within the amateur radio service of trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts. +> (d) Expansion of the existing reservoir within the amateur radio service of trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts. 
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-(e) Continuation and extension of the amateur's unique ability to enhance international goodwill. +> (e) Continuation and extension of the amateur's unique ability to enhance international goodwill. 
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-Via [[https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-97]]+//Via [[https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-97|47 CFR Part 97 — Amateur Radio Service]], § 97.1 Basis and purpose//
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