[TowerTalk] Is the FCC sharp? Is ARRL counsel swift?

[Stu Greene]

At 08:22 PM 12/28/01 -0500, Pete Smith wrote:

>I'm not ready to concede that the ARRL's representation in DC, including
>its attorney, isn't as good as anyone else's.  I think your first reading
>is correct -- they want ARRL to take it to Congress, so let's get on with it.

Pete, I think this case was a mistake.  If the FCC can make statements 
which are factually incorrect, the case was presented in a manner which is 
troublesome.

I do not know why evidence was not submitted, nor do I know why, during the 
course of the arguments, ARRL's counsel did not ask for an opportunity to 
offer evidence including the analogous zoning cases which have become part 
of American jurisprudence.

It seems to me that ARRL owes  American hams an explanation.  Not a 
justification, but a full accounting of the facts, its analysis of the law 
and why the case was filed and argued barren of evidence.

                                                    Stu



>By the way, doesn't "let em go mobile" rank right up there with "let em eat
>cake"?  What nonsense.  Mobile HF stations will never offer the
>capabilities for international disaster relief that home stations can.  The
>person who wrote that never had to contend with the real world.
>
>73, Pete N4ZR
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