All excellent points and very well stated Larry.... Cecil K5DL
Sent using recycled electrons. > On Jul 11, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Larry Burke <w...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > This issue is actually bigger than the farce it is making of the ARRL awards > programs. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > > > Larry K5RK > > > > > > > > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband