[InHam] Fw: ARLB014 Senate "Companion" Bill to HR 607 Avoids Impacting Amateur Spectrum

[Paul Webster]

Finally some good news on HR607! 

Some hams have already conceded the UHF ham band to the feds but I haven't & will not till the last second!!! 

As far as I am concerned, those hams are sell outs & aren't willing to fight for our spectrum!!!!

So, what good are they?!?!?

Lets support S 1040 to replace HR 607!!!!! 

Thanks. 
73/75 de ka9jwx, Paul Lewis Webster
SKCC #5322
John 3:16
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Merrillville, Indiana, 46410-3503, USA 
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--- On Wed, 5/25/11, ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org> wrote:

> From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
> Subject: ARLB014 Senate "Companion" Bill to HR 607 Avoids Impacting Amateur Spectrum
> To: ka9jwx at yahoo.com
> Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 1:46 PM
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB014
> ARLB014 Senate "Companion" Bill to HR 607 Avoids Impacting
> Amateur
> Spectrum
> 
> ZCZC AG14
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 14  ARLB014
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  May 25, 2011
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB014
> ARLB014 Senate "Companion" Bill to HR 607 Avoids Impacting
> Amateur
> Spectrum
>  
> On Thursday, May 19, Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and
> John McCain
> (R-AZ) introduced S 1040 -- The Broadband for First
> Responders Act
> of 2011 -- in the Senate.  While it has a similar
> objective to HR
> 607 -- introduced in February by Representative Peter King
> (R-NY-3)
> -- this Senate bill, unlike HR 607, does not call for
> auctioning any
> portions of Amateur Radio spectrum. Both bills call for
> the
> allocation of the so-called "D block" of spectrum, 758-763
> and
> 788-793 MHz, to facilitate the development of a public
> safety
> broadband network.
> 
> On learning in February that a Senate version of HR 607 was
> being
> drafted, ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ,
> met with
> staff members of the Senate’s Homeland Security and
> Governmental
> Affairs Committee who were working on the bill to share the
> ARRL's
> concerns with regard to HR 607. "They seemed very receptive
> to our
> argument and appreciative of the public service
> contributions of
> radio amateurs," Sumner said. "It is gratifying to see that
> S 1040
> avoids impacting our spectrum allocations."
> 
> Sumner explained that while some media reports are
> referring to S
> 1040 as "the Senate version of HR 607," it is important
> that radio
> amateurs not oppose S 1040: "There is no reason for us to
> do so. We
> support the creation of an interoperable broadband network
> for first
> responders. Other than to oppose any method that would
> impact
> amateur spectrum use, we do not support one method over
> another of
> achieving that objective. We only oppose one aspect of HR
> 607, not
> the entire bill."
> 
> S 1040 has been referred to the Senate Committee on
> Science,
> Commerce, and Transportation, chaired by Senator Jay
> Rockefeller
> (D-WV). Senator Rockefeller earlier introduced his own
> bill, S 28,
> to address the same general topic. Neither Senate bill
> would impact
> amateur spectrum.
> NNNN
> /EX
>