Terms of Use
These Website Terms of Use govern your access to and use of KM7HQX, including all technical articles, band plans, antenna calculations, and station notes.
1. Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to KM7HQX (“KM7HQX,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of km7hqx.com and any pages, articles, band guides, repeater directories, or features available through the website.
By accessing or using the website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the website.
2. Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information. Please review it at: km7hqx.com/privacy. By using the website, you acknowledge that you have reviewed our Privacy Policy.
3. Website Use Only (Not Engineering or Legal Advice)
The website is provided strictly for personal educational, hobbyist, and amateur radio reference purposes. All frequency charts, licensing breakdowns, FCC Part 97 rule interpretations, antenna modeling notes, and equipment tests are general information only and do not constitute professional engineering advice, official FCC certification, or legal counsel.
Submitting a contact form, sending an email, or communicating through the website does not create a professional consulting, client, or attorney-client relationship. You are solely responsible for ensuring your own station hardware, operating frequencies, power ceilings, and emissions comply with all applicable FCC rules.
4. No Emergency or Safety Dispatch Services
Website contact forms, general email addresses, and public messaging channels on this site are not monitored for emergency communications, urgent safety requests, or amateur emergency traffic handling. If you are experiencing an emergency, contact your local emergency services (e.g. 911 in the United States) through official telephone or public safety channels.
5. Lawful Amateur Radio Operation & Regulatory Boundaries
KM7HQX operates in strict compliance with the rules of the Federal Communications Commission under Title 47 CFR Part 97 (Amateur Radio Service). You agree not to use content, charts, or antenna designs on this website to:
- Engage in intentional radio frequency jamming, malicious interference, or unauthorized transmission on public safety, commercial, or military allocations.
- Transmit on amateur frequencies without an authorized FCC amateur operator license, or transmit outside the mode and frequency privileges of your specific license class (Technician, General, or Amateur Extra).
- Exceed statutory transmitter power limits (§ 97.313) or fail to observe mandatory RF exposure evaluation standards (§ 97.13(c)).
- Transmit commercial advertisements, broadcast audio, or communications for pecuniary interest in violation of Part 97 rules.
6. Eligibility
The website is intended for general audiences. By using the website, you represent that you are at least 18 years old or are accessing the website under the supervision of a parent, legal guardian, or authorized representative.
7. Acceptable Use
You may use the website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to:
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to website servers, hosting accounts, or backend edge infrastructure.
- Interfere with, disrupt, overload, or degrade the availability or performance of the website.
- Introduce malware, malicious scripts, or harmful code.
- Use automated scrapers, crawlers, or extraction tools in an abusive manner that bypasses rate limits or impairs site operation.
- Submit false, abusive, defamatory, or fraudulent messages through our contact form.
We reserve the right to restrict, block, or terminate access to the website if we believe a user has violated these Terms or creates risk for the site or other users.
8. Security Research & Testing
Do not perform automated vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, exploit verification, or denial-of-service testing against the website or its edge hosting network without prior written authorization.
If you believe you have discovered a security vulnerability or misconfiguration on the website, please report it promptly through our contact form or by email at info@km7hqx.com without publicly disclosing the issue or accessing user data.
9. Website Content & Intellectual Property
The website design, layout, charts, illustrations, and original text are owned by KM7HQX or used with permission and are protected by copyright and intellectual property laws.
You may view and reference website content for your personal, educational, and non-commercial study. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
10. Information You Submit & Feedback
If you submit messages, radio errata, or suggestions through the website, you are responsible for ensuring that the information is accurate and that you have the right to provide it. Do not submit sensitive personal, financial, or confidential information through website forms.
If you provide corrections, feedback, or suggestions about our notes, you grant KM7HQX a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, incorporate, and publish that feedback to improve the notebook.
11. No Direct Sales or Commercial Transactions
This website does not sell merchandise, process customer payments, or bill subscriptions. It is published entirely as a personal amateur radio reference notebook.
12. Third-Party Links & Disclosures
This site includes links to external websites and resources (including official FCC databases, repeater coordination directories, the ARRL, and amateur equipment manufacturers). These third parties are not controlled by KM7HQX. We are not responsible for the content, availability, accuracy, or privacy practices of external sites.
13. Disclaimer of Warranties
The website is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without warranties of any kind.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, KM7HQX disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, and uninterrupted operation. We do not warrant that the website will be error-free or that technical calculations are suitable for your specific shack or antenna project.
14. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, KM7HQX and its author/operators will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising out of or related to your use of the website or amateur station builds based on site materials.
In no event will our total aggregate liability for claims arising out of or related to the website exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
15. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless KM7HQX and its author/operators from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to your use of the website, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of applicable radio regulations or the rights of any third party.
16. Governing Law & Venue
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or use of the website will be brought exclusively in state or federal courts located in Arizona, and each party consents to the jurisdiction and venue of those courts.
17. Changes & Contact Information
We may update these Terms from time to time. When changes are posted, they become effective immediately. Your continued use of the website confirms your acceptance of the revised Terms.
For questions regarding these Terms, contact us at:
- Website: km7hqx.com
- Email: info@km7hqx.com
- Contact Form: km7hqx.com/contact
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