Conceding that I'm not a lawyer, I don't play a lawyer on TV, and blessed to
not be a politician.....
>From how this was explained to me by a friend well versed in Federal budget
>matters the root of this story is nothing more than a budget reduction request
>sent to NIST asking about several areas where $ might be saved. This is common
>agency budget stuff that does not mean WWV/WWVB/WWVH is in imminent danger of
>being shut down. Shame that the ARRL didn't explain it better.
Regardless, such concerns are best addressed in a letter or email to your
particular congress critters versus the White House that has nothing to do with
such budget matters at this point. For now a letter or email to your reps
reminding them of the various value points of WWV/WWVB/WWVH radio stations
would do 100x more good than this well intended but flawed petition.
I'm actually skeptical that anything really needs to be done....yet. One might
draft a letter/email and keep it handy though.
73
Jeff
WA4ZKO
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