Topband: Fwd: ARRL Board meets next week - I'm looking for input

[Robert Harmon]

Larry,
I agree with Cecil. very good points. !

Bob
K6UJ





> On Jul 11, 2015, at 7:44 AM, Cecil <chacuff at cableone.net> wrote:
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> All excellent points and very well stated Larry....
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> Cecil
> K5DL
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> Sent using recycled electrons.
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>> On Jul 11, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Larry Burke <wi5a at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>> This issue is actually bigger than the farce it is making of the ARRL awards
>> programs. 
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>> When you write your Division Director you might also ask him "at what point
>> will the League consider 'for rent' commercial remotes -- which are already
>> in operation today -- an affront to the amateur spectrum?" At what point
>> will these stations be indistinguishable from common carrier networks, which
>> are highly regulated in the US? If Verizon Wireless wakes up one day and
>> realizes they have much of the infrastructure in place (towers, internet
>> connections, backup generators, billing systems) would the League be
>> receptive to them dotting both coasts with remotes? At what point will the
>> amateur community finally object? The barriers to entry into this game are
>> really not that high for the right player. The more "commercial" the Amateur
>> Service becomes, the more vulnerable it becomes at spectrum allocation time.
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>> You might also ask your Director how the League's support of commercial
>> remotes is consistent with their very prominent push of HR 1301 and S 1685
>> (The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015). Why would lawmakers want to provide
>> relief from antenna restrictions if all a ham has to do is sign up for
>> RemoteHamRadio.com or similar to get on the air? Years of ARRL efforts in
>> this arena can disappear pretty quickly, and it wouldn't take a very bright
>> lobbyist for an association of HOAs to figure this out. All they'd have to
>> do is point to the RemoteHamRadio.com ad on the page facing the April 2015
>> editorial in QST.... the editorial that announces the January Board decision
>> and arguably supports commercial remotes.  
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>> Larry K5RK
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