[South Florida DX Association] HR-607

[Bill]

 From Bill NA2M

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    From: ars_k1atv <wmunsil at cox.net>
    Subject: [hamsig] HR-607
    To: hamsig at yahoogroups.com
    Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 1:41 PM

    My email to Representative King:

    My name is William Munsil and I am an amateur radio operator,
    licensed by the FCC with call sign K1ATV (which I had to pay for).

    In HR-607 you propose to auction off the 420-440 MHz portion of the
    radio spectrum.

    Quoting the Amateur Radio Relay League:

    "The inclusion of most of the Amateur 70-cm spectrum as one of the
    replacement bands is a major problem. The 420-440 MHz band is not
    Public Safety spectrum and should not be included in any spectrum
    swap of Public Safety allocations."

    This band is also used by the US military.

    There are in excess of 75 amateur television repeaters in the US and
    Canada, including the Amateur Television Network based in California
    (http://atn-tv.org/) which operates about ten HAM TV repeaters
    linked full time.

    I have been operating amateur TV for close to 30 years now and I
    have no idea how much money I have spent on HAM TV equipment during
    those years all of which would be wasted if your proposed bill
    becomes law.

    Here are two videos made about my operations:

    http://hambrief.tv/episodes/28
    http://hambrief.tv/episodes/33

    Amateur radio operators are the epitome of "first responders".
    During the 9-11 disaster when the various public service agencies
    had no intercommunication it was the ham operators, with their own
    personal equipment which allowed that intercommunication.

    I respectfully request that the 420-440 MHz portion of your bill be
    stricken.

    I'm not an expert but I play one - on amateur TV.

    William Munsil
    K1ATV HAM TV
    Mesa AZ
    Hams should be SEEN as well as heard!

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