I hope K4IA provides ARRL with his insights in this. They may already
be aware, but it certainly won't hurt to remind them.
Thanks, K4IA for the perspective. (ribit)
73
Gil, W4PJI
Phil Duff wrote:
> At 08:08 4/25/2002 -0400, Pete Smith wrote:
>
>> At 08:33 PM 4/24/02 -0400, K4IA wrote:
>>
>>> Compared to any one of these lobbies, ARRL is a QRPpp pip-squeak.
>>> The three
>>> together can crush anything or anyone. I suspect some powers in
>>> Congress
>>> have already been influenced (bought) and they told the FCC to lay
>>> off. That
>>> is how it works here in Washington. If ARRL is to have any hope at
>>> all, they
>>> will have to convince these powerful lobbies first, that preemption
>>> is not a
>>> threat and secondly, that ham antennas are not a bad thing. We are
>>> not a
>>> camel -- only one cute little frog. Good luck!
>>
>>
>>
>> I was glad to see K4IA's message, which added some useful perspective
>> to a pretty light-weight thread, but this last paragraph kind of
>> threw me.
>>
>> I don't think anyone should have been surprised that the FCC refused
>> to extrapolate from the TCA of 96's preemption of DBS antenna
>> restrictions, to apply the same logic to ham antennas. But the
>> precedent has already been set, so the broad issue of Federal
>> pre-emnption of CCA's in discrete areas has already been resolved.
>> If and when the ARRL decides to take the ham antenna matter to
>> Congress, I think it's unduly pessimistic to assume massive lobby
>> opposition.
>
>
> I think K4IA's insight points out that for the ARRL to have any chance
> of success in congress they must first work with those lobbies and
> gain some measure of their support. Without their support
> congressional action will most likely be time and money down the
> tube. We read in QST of ARRL official junkets to Washington to visit
> the FCC and congressional members, etc. I should hope someone in the
> League picks up on K4IA's thread and initiates conversations with
> these other lobbies if it hasn't already been done.
>
> 73 Phil NA4M
>
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