I respectfully request that you follow the money to
understand why this group has access to the FCC.
It's mostly partisan but not entirely.
Contact your Congressmen - House & Senate, and let them
know that you'll take a dim view at election time if they allow
this madness.
Also, contact your favorite 2016 candidate(s) and give
them the same message.
Also, contact your local EOC, public service, airport
& private pilot groups, SAR, etc. and give them a heads-up.
We live in a participatory-Republic & if we don't
participate effectively then the crony corporations will
eat our lunch.
BTW: Also let those concerned about health harm from
RF know that 40KW transmitters at those frequencies could
cause all manner of unknown harm to man & beast.
Make a Donald Trump/Al Sharpton big noise out there!
IMHO, YMMV ... David KD4E
> Your prediction is quite timely and accurate: They are back.
>
> http://www.insidegnss.com/node/4437
>
> Like a virus or some relatives, they never seem to be gone for long.
> Their return does not bode well for ham RFI problems when a high profile
> company whose product has been shown to cause dangerous interference,
> returns from bankruptcy to do it again because Billions of dollars are
> at stake.. If they can fight GPS and flight safety, how does our fate
> fighting RFI look? They are not addressing solving the problem it
> appears they are proactively fighting for the potential Billions of
> dollars they would gain from the unfair advantage the inexpensive
> spectrum would give them over existing companies that are playing by the
> rules.
>
> As before, LightSquared blames others for their problems. They trying to
> require those being interfered fix the problem rather than the one doing
> the interfering. Depending on how this is settled could spell trouble
> for the ham community. As this has some very powerful people behind
> it, People who are well connected. I find it worrisome that we appear
> to almost be back to square one with the GPS interference issue.
> Remember, the FCC was originally behind the LightSquared proposal. This
> spectrum was created specifically to work with very weak signals as are
> the aircraft receivers where weight, physical size, and cost are
> paramount.. It also has the appearance that the implementation of high
> speed broadband is being sought at the expense of safety with the
> entire, established system, including users of that system, being
> expected to bear the costs rather than the interloper.
>
> It's basically the same as telling us, that if someone interferes with
> us, we have to pay for the fix and that no spectrum is safe if there's a
> buck to be made so it will remain a fight to keep what we have and be
> glad the ARRL has had enough clout and connections to preserve and at
> times, even expand the spectrum to which we have access. Let's hope it
> remains that way.
>
>
> Roger (K8RI)
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