[BC] Using Ham to Order Pizza with Other Toppings

[Rich Wood]

------ At 09:45 PM 9/8/2006, Cowboy wrote: -------

>  Ordering a pizza via amateur radio because the kitchen is normally closed
>  is probably questionable at best, illegal if you are carrying a cell phone,
>  or there is a nearby pay phone.

I used to moderate the Fidonet Amateur Radio Echo (forum). That was 
one of the frequent threads. After the many license changes were 
complete I asked the ARRL if ordering a pizza was allowed. I was told 
it was perfectly legal where it hadn't been before. I followed it up 
with a call to the FCC. Same answer. It's OK, regardless of any other 
options available. To a Ham, using a cell phone when there's an 
autopatch available is sacrilege.

Most repeater trustees with autopatches don't like the idea but 
permit it because it's legal. I'm a trustee of a machine in Verona, 
NJ. We gave up on objecting to members ordering food a long time ago.

We actually had a couple who would commute at the same time in 
separate cars. They'd use the repeater for some of the most mushy 
bedroom talk when they were a few cars apart and Simplex would have 
saved us from upset stomachs. Finally, we asked them to take it to 
Simplex. They did. To add insult to injury, the wife would call her 
mother every day on the autopatch and discuss some of the most 
intimate details of family life.

Rich
KF2JO

Rich Wood
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