[W1SMH] FCC to Deregulate Amateur Radio Service

[Pete Guimond]

Clayton is a bubblehead!!

Heh heh heh heh..

Please note my new email is n1ezt at yahoo.com or
n1ezt at comcast.net

73 de Pete...

--- Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx at gmail.com> wrote:

> Washington, DC, April 1, 2008:
> 
> In a bold move the Federal Communications Commission
> has decided to
> deregulate the Amateur Radio Service. This comes at
> a time when budget
> cuts within the Commission are forcing its
> Enforcement Bureau to shut
> down by 1 January 2009.
> 
> A spokesperson for the Commission stated that since
> Amateur Radio
> operators are supposed to be self-policing that this
> new move "should
> not pose a problem". And that it would also "solve
> the whole issue of
> restructuring".
> 
> This news has come as quite a shock to many in the
> Amateur Radio
> community, striking up many heated debates.
> "Basically we're being told
> that we're on our own as of 1 January, 2008", said a
> high-level League
> staff member.
> 
> In the interim between 2008 and 2010 Amateur Radio
> operators are
> expected to act just as they do now. "Nothing's
> changed yet, and all the
> rules and regulations are still in effect," said a
> spokesperson for the
> Commission.
> 
> All of this is set to change however, starting in
> 2008. On 1 January
> 2010 Amateur Radio in the United States will cease
> to exist as an
> official radio service. At that time it will be up
> to the operators to
> make up their own rules and regulations and to
> enforce them.
> 
> To clarify one other issue, "call signs that have
> not already been
> issued will all be available on the 'honor system',"
> said another
> Commission spokesperson. The band-plans and power
> limitations are
> expected to stay the same.
> 
> Look for more information on this late-breaking news
> story as it becomes
> available.
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