[HIham] [WH6CZB_EARC] Re: [oahuraces] Re: [pacsecares] Help Preserve our Rights for Mobile Radio!
Ron Hashiro
rhashiro at hawaiiantel.net
Sat Feb 7 23:50:19 EST 2009
Representatives of C&C DEM and State CD were made aware
earlier in the week of Bills 4, HB 14, SB 249 and 760
and the communication was kept at a professional level that
their two-way mobile usage might be affected by the
unintended consequences of the broad language in the majority
of these bills.
They were also given the link to the website, so they can track
further developments.
The representatives are very aware of the impact these bills
can have on the DEM and SCD RACES programs if it also
affects their DEM/SCD two-way voice and data services.
Please keep in mind that as amateur radio operators,
we need to communicate professionally with our
agency counterparts, not only in DEM/SCD, but in
the hospitals, HPD, HFD, (same with the counties),
HECO, HawaiianTel, medical community, Red Cross,
National Guard, all branches of the military, counties/state/federal
agencies, FBI, water supply on Oahu and Neighbor Islands,
FAA, etc. Many of these representatives are also hams too.
They are in working areas of county and state government,
and the agencies listed above. Many are reading these reflector emails.
They are literally one step away from elected officials, etc.
Please be careful of what we write.
So, we need to assist them by keeping our communications
at a profession level -- informing them that their two-way
service and operations might be affected.
If we've established working relationships and dialog
with hams and non-hams in these and other
agencies, and talk about our emergency communications
role during times of non-emergencies (ie, over a cup of
coffee), these representatives are fully aware that not
only are their work affected, but our community service
is affected at times like these.
I know in conversation that at least some of them have
taken the work back through their work channels and
have informed appropriate, responsible persons to
look into testimony, etc.
Ron H
Gary Fuchikami wrote:
>
> Just a thought here... perhaps we need to get "government agencies"
> involved, such as C&C DEM and State CD. If we can get them to go to
> bat for the hams, we have a much better chance of getting things
> going. That is, if they could "suggest" that if they include ham
> radio in the "banned" category, it could piss off the hams enough that
> they won't assist anymore during times of emergencies. (Obviously,
> most of us won't do that, but sometimes a little "push" is needed to
> show politicians how important it is to keep voluntary help happy.)
> Having these agencies testify on how important ham radio is in times
> of emergencies could be the incentive for them to keep us happy by
> allowing us to use our radios in times of non-emergencies. No
> different than the police using their radios in non-emergencies (like
> asking another officer where they want to meet to eat, etc.) I think
> that testimonies from these agencies along with the amateur groups
> will probably be more effective than our individual comments.
>
> Aloha & 73,
> Gary
>
> --- On *Sat, 2/7/09, Russell Hltn /<RussellHltn at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
> From: Russell Hltn <RussellHltn at gmail.com>
> Subject: [WH6CZB_EARC] Re: [oahuraces] Re: [HIham] [pacsecares]
> Help Preserve our Rights for Mobile Radio!
> To: oahuraces at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: "Ham Radio in Hawai'i" <hiham at mailman.qth.net>,
> pacsecares at yahoogroups.com, "HamRadioHawaii"
> <hamradiohawaii at yahoogroups.com>, "EARC"
> <WH6CZB_EARC at yahoogroups.com>, "KARC" <koolau-arc at googlegroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 12:26 PM
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Ron Hashiro <rhashiro at hawaiiante
> l.net <mailto:rhashiro%40hawaiiantel.net>> wrote:
> >
> > Even though the letter of the law is quite clear, police and law
> > enforcement officers because
> > they are lay people and can mistake things like radios and mobile
> > telelphones (for example).
> >
>
> Good point. There's two way that Ham radio could be banned:
>
> As a telephone: ""Mobile telephone" means a cellular, analog,
> satellite, wireless, or digital telephone capable of sending or
> receiving telephone messages without an access line for service."
>
> Depending on how a judge defines "telephone messages", that could be a
> two-way radio as we easily meet all the other criteria.
>
> As a electronic device: ""Electronic device" means handheld electronic
> video games, music players, personal digital assistants, or any other
> device requiring the use of a battery and at least one hand to operate
> the device."
>
> Again this depends on how "use of a battery" gets defined. Does it
> include the car's electrical system?
>
> Note that the exemption for "Commercial vehicle means a vehicle
> registered to a business that has a gross vehicle weight rating of ten
> thousand and one pounds or more." is going to make for a lot of
> unhappy taxi drivers. If there's a way we can piggy back on that, I
> think we're got a better chance.
>
>
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