Bill...
I'm at a conference, and have limited access to my email. If you haven't
communicated with Sudeep Reddy, and let him know that hams DID try
to testify and were thrown a curveball....you should.
If you need Reddy's email address, msg me privately, and I'll look it up
tonight.
Jim/n2ea
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> Please don't let these folks here this:
>
> N5GAR, NZ5V, AE5B, N5AC a couple of others that I cannot remember their
> calls and myself spent a lot of time on this and we will continue to do so.
> There were folks ready to testify and did not only because SB 1748 was
> removed from the agenda.
>
> If you are involved in this effort let me know. You are welcome to the
> fight. We wish there were more but that is the way it is.
>
>
> Bill Lawless - W5WRL
> ARRL WTX Assistant Section Manager
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of jimjarvis@comcast.net
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 5:46 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com; rfi@contesting.com
> Cc: w1rfi@arrl.org
> Subject: [RFI] TX Senate BPL vote
>
> Folks,
>
> Sudeep Reddy msg'd me back on my note--thought you might find the tone of
> his note interesting. Professional. Sympathetic.
> Aware. See below. Of particular note was the lack of amateur
> protests to the committee.
>
> N2EA
>
> Jim,
>
> Thanks for your note. I do plan on following up on some of these issues
> (especially the technology questions) if this legislation continues moving
> forward. Last week's story was merely meant to note the bill's passage so
> that folks could weigh in if they wanted. I'm somewhat surprised that the
> objectors (especially the radio operators) haven't testified in front of the
> Senate committee to raise some alarms. I'm aware of the interference
> questions and fully expected some public screaming matches. But alas, there
> was silence.
>
> As for the socialized grid, I think Smitty meant that the grid is socialized
> in the sense that everybody pays for it now through electricity charges.
> Everybody wouldn't necessarily pay for BPL, at least in this version of the
> bill. I don't know why investors would put up the billions for it as
> wireless technology advances. But I guess some people haven't learned from
> the last telecom bust.
>
> Take care,
> Sudeep
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