[MIham] Fw: House Bill HR 607 - Please read

Wed Feb 23 17:17:21 EST 2011

Hi Frank,

Because I am totally blind, and since the ARRL does nothing to assist blind 
Hams in reading their materials and/or their web site, I am not able to read 
the particulars of said bill.

Is it possible for someone to get me a print copy and mail it to me by 
"regular mail"? I DO NOT want it sent to me by e-mail as an attachment, as 
since I have a dial up connection downloading a large file takes several 
weeks! Hence a printed version sent to me by regular mail I can scan with 
special software and convert it into a spoken document.

Thanks!

One comment: Based on the refusal of the ARRL to help Hams in the past with 
a bill they liked and Hams did not, they basically ignored the Hams. 
Frankly, I no longer trust the ARRL to act in the best interest of the 
Amateur Radio community!  Money talks and what is best for our hobby gets 
its walking papers. Such as the tens of thousands of Hams who raised their 
voice to keep Code, be it at five WPM. The ARRL sold us out, again. As long 
as the ARRL can suck bucks, they could care less about what is really best 
for Ham Radio.

As a published author, with everything I have ever submitted to QST having 
been rejected, as well as almost everything also rejected by other Hams with 
fantastic technical skills, something is wrong somewhere! For reasons that 
escape me, there is some Editor above all the Sr. Editors who decides what 
gets published. Now why bother to have Senior Editors, who's decision in 
almost every other publishing venue, results in an article being published, 
over ruled by an Editor above them? Why bother with a Sr. Editor! Makes no 
sense. But the downside is causing excellent technical articles to be tossed 
aside and some watered down junior high school level "technical?" piece to 
be printed.

And the ARRL wonders why they are losing membership?

Just my Lincoln Memorial Cents worth - The penny was 4.11 grams and 
contained 95% Copper until 1982! Then all but 2.4% of the Copper was removed 
and the weight dropped to 2.5 grams! What we now have is a Copper coated 
penny!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank" <frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org>
To: "MIham" <miham at mailman.qth.net>; "LARC General List" <w8lrc at w8lrc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:04 AM
Subject: [MIham] Fw: House Bill HR 607 - Please read

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ARRL Members Only Web site
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:38 PM
> Subject: House Bill HR 607
>
> Attention Michigan hams, here is a special request from ARRL
> Headquarters and Dan Henderson. It is time to contact our
> Representatives in Washington:
>
>
>
> As you may have read, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) has introduced the
> "Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011" and the bill has been
> assigned HR 607 as its number. The full story about the Bill's
> introduction can be found on the ARRL web at
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/spectrum-management-bill-threatens-amateur-frequencies
>
> As you will read, while the ARRL supports spectrum for the Public
> Safety needs, we oppose HR 607 in its current form because of the
> inclusion of the 420-440 MHz spectrum (most of the Amateur 70-cm UHF
> allocation) as part of a spectrum swap.
>
> At the request of ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, we are asking ARRL
> members to contact their local Representative asking them to oppose HR
> 607 in its current form. Members should be directed to
> http://www.arrl.org/sample-letters for resources tools to assist them
> in their letter writing. These include:
>
> A sample letter opposing HR 607 in its current form
> A link to the ARRL Webpage that gives the ARRL member the
> contact information for their Members of Congress
> A link to information sending their letters to our Washington
> lobbyist to hand-deliver to Capitol Hill
>
> A couple of key points to remember when discussing our opposition to HR
> 607:
>
> We understand and support the principle that Public Safety and
> First responders should have the D-Block frequencies.
> Our opposition to the bill stems from the inclusion of the
> 420-440 MHZ Amateur allocation as part of the proposed "frequency
> swap".
>
>
> Time is of the essence on this request, as the bill is gathering steam
> in Congress. So please make your membership contacts as soon as
> possible. Finally, please include my address n1nd at arrl.org in what you
> distribute to the ARRL membership (for our records here at HQ.)
>
> Thanks for stepping up to the plate to assist with the direct threat to
> our Amateur Radio spectrum. What you bring to the table helps us keep
> this ship heading in the right direction. Please contact me if you
> have any problems or questions with this request.
>
> 73
>
> Dan Henderson, N1ND
> Regulatory Information Manager
> ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm)
> 860-594-0236
> dhenderson at arrl.org
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ARRL Michigan Section
> Section Manager: Dale R Williams, WA8EFK
> wa8efk at arrl.org
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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