[KYHAM] HB 9, not likely to pass unchanged anyway

[A. W.]

 I'm thinking more about the huge backlash from
business people facing a large expense to buy "legal"
radio gear. The intent is obviously to get people to
"hang up and drive", instead of yapping on a cellphone
right into a busy intersection. IMHO, this issue is
going to be similar to the lots of others on the
books, - as long as one doesn't attract undue
attention, the odds are very good that an officer
won't be compelled to act based on this alone.

 I would rather not continue a discussion of our
hapless ham and 432.570, as that dead horse has been
well beaten. When one kicks a hornet's nest, a sting
or two is to be expected.

AW   

   

 --- N4AOF <n4aof at arrl.net> wrote:

> The Kentucky legislature has a long record of
> passing bills that make
> absolutely no sense "as written" and leaving it to
> the assorted police
> departments across the commonwealth to decide how to
> try to apply it.
> 
> Keep in mind that at least one licensed Kentucky ham
> has already been
> arrested under KRS 432.570 for possession of an
> unmodified radioshack 2m
> HT -- despite licensed amateur radio operators being
> specifically exempted
> in the law and despite the fact that the radio does
> not fall under KRS
> 432.570.  Not only was the ham arrested for this
> "violation" but the county
> went ahead with araignment and court did NOT throw
> out the case even when
> both the exemption and the facts about the radio's
> frequency coverage were
> demonstrated in court.
> 
> Do not rely on either the good sense of the Kentucky
> legislature or the good
> faith of our police and prosecutors.
> 
> 
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