[WIham] 70CM Up For Auction?
Gary K9GS
garyk9gs at wi.rr.com
Sun Mar 20 23:52:50 EDT 2011
Pete,
You just aren't getting this.
Each state has two US Senators. In Wisconsin they are Ron Johnson and
Herb Kohl.
You also have a US House of Representative which is determined by which
congressional district you live in. In order to determine who your US
House of Representative is go to:
Find your Representative's contact information here
<http://www.arrl.org/contacting-your-congressional-representatives>
Now here's where is gets tricky.....US Senate bills are named in the
form SB123. The SB stands for Senate Bill. US House of Representative
bills are named in the form HR456, the HR Stands for House of
Representatives.
If you'll note that the bill in question that we're talking about is
HR607 this means it is a US House of Representatives bill. This bill
has not yet reached the US Senate so the votes of Senator Johnson and
Kohl are not relevant unless the bill would reach the US Senate by
passing the US House of Representatives.
This is why you need to send a letter to the US House of Representative
member that represents your district using the link above to find out
who that is. In my case I live in the 1st Congressional district; my US
House Representative is Paul Ryan.
I looked up your callsign and provided you still live in Marinette, WI,
you live in the 8th US Congressional district and your US House
Representative is Reid Ribble. Here's a link to Representive Ribble's
web site.
http://ribble.house.gov/ All the contact info is there.
The good news is that no members of the US House delegation from
Wisconsin are co-sponsoring this bill.
On 3/20/2011 5:56 PM, Pete Johnson wrote:
> Please read http://kohl.senate.gov/. You are partially correct. He
> is a U.S Senator...FOR WISCONSIN. The HR607 letters, a national
> issue, need to go to your "Congressional Representative." Maybe we
> should be reading the ARRL's recommendation at
> http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-asks-members-to-write-in-opposition-to-hr-607.
>
> Let's not get so trivial on the wording of someone's title as so much
> as we need to send the letters to the proper legislative personnel.
> This HR607 is extremely important to the Amateur Service.
>
>
> Pete Johnson, AB9PJ
>
>
>
> --- On *Sat, 3/19/11, Gary K9GS /<garyk9gs at wi.rr.com>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Gary K9GS <garyk9gs at wi.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [WIham] 70CM Up For Auction?
> To: wiham at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011, 6:29 PM
>
> Ahhhh...no. Herb Kohl is a US Senator.
> On 3/17/2011 7:03 AM, Pete Johnson wrote:
> > Scott,
> >
> > I'm sure we all appreciate your efforts. However, writing to
> Herb Kohl won't help much with this as he is a state senator. You
> need to write to your congressman (or legislative representative
> as some call them). This is a national issue.
> >
> > The ARRL has instructions on their web site www.arrl.org that
> pertains to HR607.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >
> > Pete Johnson, AB9PJ
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 3/17/11, Scott<acepilot at bloomer.net
> </mc/compose?to=acepilot at bloomer.net>> wrote:
> >
> > From: Scott<acepilot at bloomer.net
> </mc/compose?to=acepilot at bloomer.net>>
> > Subject: Re: [WIham] 70CM Up For Auction?
> > To: "Wisconsin Ham Radio"<wiham at mailman.qth.net
> </mc/compose?to=wiham at mailman.qth.net>>
> > Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 6:15 AM
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3-17-2011 05:52, kb9mwr at gmail.com
> </mc/compose?to=kb9mwr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Well I did my part and wrote to Herb Kohl.
> >>
> >> While it would be a shame to lose this band, the lower half of the
> >> band is Very inactive. Around here the only part used for the
> >> most-part is 440-450 MHz.
> > Not sure where "around here" is, but up here around Eau Claire,
> WI, we
> > operate in the 432 MHz (CW/SSB) portion of the band, albeit not on a
> > daily basis. There is also a pocket of the same activity in
> Minneapolis
> > area. 432 here gets about as much use as the FM (440-450 MHz)
> portion
> > of the band...
> >> I've been blogging about the concept using 5 MHz wide 802.11 mesh
> >> networking in the ATV sub-band.
> >> http://kb9mwr.blogspot.com/2011/03/hsmm-420-430-mhz.html
> > I suppose it might be legal to use a Part 15 device down there,
> but then
> > it really isn't ham radio, is it? How would you "I.D." with an
> 802.xx
> > device? I suspect they use Spread Spectrum communications? If so,
> > amateurs are limited to 100W. I don't think you have a huge
> range with
> > a 5MHz wide signal at 432 MHz...it would take quite a few
> stations to
> > make a network in rural areas.
> >
> >> Seems a shame that we can't setup a decent wireless (emergency)
> >> network, other than this pathetic Winlink business. Heck if we
> can't
> >> do it, sounds like that is exactly what the proposed Department of
> >> Homeland Security First Responder network is.
> > Maybe I'm missing the point, but it seems a "decent wireless
> (emergency)
> > network" wouldn't bring enough "use it or lose it" traffic to
> our 70cm
> > band. Emergencies don't happen everyday. It sounds more like a
> > modernized packet network...some mail forwarding and an occasional
> > keyboard to keyboard chat with a 5 MHz bandwidth?
> >
> > Not saying this couldn't work, but I don't think TSA (or whoever
> plans
> > to implement this stuff) would be using the right set of
> frequencies if
> > they want large area coverage. I would think HF would provide
> larger
> > coverage "cells"...the downside is the reduced bandwidth
> available at HF
> > frequencies. They would be limited to something more
> traditional such
> > as packet or ASCII, etc. at the slower Baud rates....now, on the
> other
> > hand, if they want to link population centers, microwave point
> to point
> > comms would be good to provide the backbone, with the 430 MHz
> stuff for
> > "local" access within say 30 miles of the microwave site....much the
> > same a cellphone companies use.
> >
> > Scott
> > N0EDV
> >
> >
> >> Time to move forward, else I have little desire to continue to
> write
> >> letters to try and defend spectrum that will just sit idle as
> it has
> >> been. Use it or lose it..... maybe the ARRL, TAPR and other
> "leaders"
> >> will one day realize they need to step forward and suggest some new
> >> ideas for the hobby to help not only "protect" the spectrum,
> but put
> >> it to actual use.
> >>
> >> What I am reading is "When All Else Fails" ... we will build
> our own
> >> wireless network. Possibly a wake up call for ham radio?
> >>
> >> Steve, KB9MWR
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> --
>
>
> 73,
>
> Gary K9GS
>
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