Re: [digitalradio] FCC Regulation of Amateur Radio

[Thomas Giella KN4LF]

As I said in a previous post, "nowadays the FCC finds Amateur Radio to be an annoyance that just won't go away. In recent years the FCC seems to have said no to any proposal put forth by the ARRL that would increase the FCC's oversight thereof."   The FCC has no desire, manpower, equipment or budgetary monies to more closely regulate Amateur Radio or any other radio service. Beginning in 1994 and still going strong today, the FCC is now primarily made up of communications attorney's, with a main goal of fostering increased profits margins for the big corporations, i.e., pushing BPL, loosening radio station ownership rules, etc.   I think that the FCC would turn over issuance of amateur radio licensing to the private sector, much like with the VEC testing system, rather than spend more time and $$$ regulating us.   --... ...--, Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF Lakeland, FL, USA Grid Square EL97AW [EMAIL PROTECTED]   KN4LF Amateur & SWL Radio History: http://www.kn4lf.com KN4LF 160 Meter Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: kd4e To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: ARRL proposal removes baud rate limitations on HF Who will enforce this using what source of funding? The FCC has no such resources in their current budget nor the necessary technical infrastructure. Were this to be implemented it would require a significant budgetary increase from Congress or a transfer of resources within the FCC. One probability would be greatly increased fees for Hams, either a digital mode user fee or a huge increase in Ham license fees. Failure to provide for a FCC commitment to aggresively enforce this proposal would cause massive conflicts on already busy and often conflicted bands. Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to  Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol  (band plan policy discussion) SPONSORED LINKS Ham radio Craft hobby Hobby and craft supply YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

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