[TNham] Questionable bills being introduced.

Thu, 08 May 2003 12:57:00 -0500

Ahh, but there is an amateur radio connection...  As you may be aware, there
is a growing number of "ham" 802.11b/g access points open to all amateurs.
These could fall under these bills illegal distribution provisions.  As I
understand it ( I'm no legal expert! ), a case would have to be taken to
Federal court for preemption to take place.  That could be very expensive
coupled with the civil penalties allowed in the bills. Hopefully the ARRL
counsel will educate us, and the legislature, on the impact of these bills.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 12:27 PM
Subject: [TNham] Questionable bills being introduced.

Here is the reply I got from Rick Lindquist N1RL, Senior News editor of the
ARRL when I e-mailed him about the proposed bills.

 " Regarding the pending legislation in TN: These measures are not aimed at
Amateur Radio operations but at stemming commerce in devices that might be
used to provide illegal or unauthorized access or interception of traffice
on a communications service, such as an ISP, satellite TV, cable TV,
cellular system or other "communications service provider." Some of the
bills' provisions--possibly most of them--already are prohibited by federal
statutes.

Additionally, no state can claim jurisdiction over Amateur Radio emissions.
I've made our general counsel aware of these bills."

ED YEARY W4TEY
325 CUMBERLAND DRIVE
HARROGATE, TN. 37752-6942

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