[Fists] FISTS Petition has an RM number

[Nancy WZ8C]

Hi FISTS,

Our petition has an RM number!!

It is RM-10811.

We have 30 days to post comments about it.

I talked to William Cross, of the FCC, today. He said (in a nutshell) that
since all the petitions are of different viewpoints and have different
points mentioned in them, after all the comment periods are over, he will go
through all the comments and choose the points from all the filed peitions
that most of the people wanted.  He will then bundle them into one petition.

We need to be sure that the FISTS petition is the petition that gets the
most "I AGREE" votes. He said that for this comment period it is NOT
necessary to write lengthy opinions, but just say "I agree with the FISTS
petition" or "I agree with the FISTS petition except for the part about the
12 WPM increase" , etc.

It really is very simple, once you find the page to fill in your comments -
that's the hardest part!  This link should take you right to it.
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi

The proceeding number has to be exactly RM-10811 with a captial RM and the
hyphen.  That goes in box 1. Put your name in box 3, and your mailing
address in boxse 7,  8, and 9.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page where it says "Send a brief comment to
the FCC (typed in)" and type in your brief comment. Then click Send Comment
and that will take you to a page that verifies that your comment has been
received.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A HAM TO FILE A COMMENT!!  Your spouse, kids (over 18,
I assume) and friends at work, neighbors, ANYONE who wants to help can file
a comment. NUMBERS are very important at this stage. We have 30 days to show
them that CODE MATTERS and We are Proud to Be KNOW CODE Hams!

After 30 days, we have a 15 day rebuttal period, then that's IT.

Mr. Cross told me that the ARRL says that 70% of the hams don't use Morse
code. I don't know where they got that figure from, but it just goes to show
that we need to bombard the ARRL with emails and cards, too.

In the latest KN, there are postcards for you to cut out and mail in to the
FCC and the ARRL. Fill in the RM number on the FCC card before you mail it,
please!   To mail the ARRL postcard, you will have to cut about an inch past
the point the dotted lines end, into the front cover to make it large enough
to mail.

The third postcard, which is blank (my intention was that you send it
directly to your ARRL director) is too small to mail as a postcard. It needs
to be put into an envelope or taped to a 3x5 card. Sorry about thatt!  But,
the important ones are the one to the FCC and the one to ARRL HQ.

If someone you know wants to file a comment to the FCC but doesn't have
internet capability, the postal address is
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554

LET THEM HEAR FROM US!! Start a petition at your local club!! We will not
just sit by quietly and let them dumb us down any further!!

Please file your comments; it's fast, it's easy and it's crucial. .

Thank you,
73 88
Nancy WZ8C
PS: Contact me at nancy@tir.com, DO NOT reply to this address, it is an
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