Sec. 97.1  Basis and purpose.

    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:
    (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.
    (b) Continuation and extension of the amateur's proven ability to 
contribute to the advancement of the radio 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.
    (d) Expansion of the existing reservoir within the amateur radio 
service of trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts.
    (e) Continuation and extension of the amateur's unique ability to 
enhance international goodwill.