[vueko]

Interesting! I was under the impression that the FCC was actually somewhat strict about part 90.35 eligibility, in that you have to provide fairly detailed specifics of your business use case or how you fall under the various educational/nonprofit exemptions, and that if you told them you wanted it for personal use or supplied a thinly veiled excuse they'd tell you to get lost. Maybe that understanding is outdated. I can imagine a HAM club having an easier time justifying that than you would as a random individual.

[ac29]

You dont have to provide detailed specifics of your business use case, usually just a sentence is fine.

But 90.35 does not allow for individuals to be licensed for personal communications. My guess is that if a ham club is offering this to members, it is doing so as an educational institution, or a public safety organization. If the license is granted that way, using it for personal communications would be impermissible.

[philsnow]

I doubt that there are requirements on the number of members of a ham club, you could probably have a 1- or 2-member "club" for the adults in your household, right?

[ac29]

You can read the text of 90.35 here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/90.35

Could you get the FCC to grant you a license you if you say you have a 2 person organization in your house? Maybe, I'd even say its likely if you spent a few minutes to get an EIN before getting your FRN.

Does that make it legal to use a commercial license for personal use? No.