RadioBanter - View Single Post - The ARS NOT to move to Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

March 20th 06, 06:54 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy

nobodys old friend wrote:
wrote:
From: The ARRL Letter
Vol. 25, No. 11
March 17, 2006
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==AMATEUR RADIO POISED TO STAY WITHIN FCC WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUREAU

The FCC approved a proposal March 17 to create a new Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau (PS&HSB) that would assume some functions now
under
the umbrella of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB). But it
appears
that the Amateur Radio Service--now within the WTB's Public Safety and
Critical Infrastructure Division, headed by Michael J. Wilhelm,
WS6BR--will
remain within the WTB, according to Anthony Dale, Acting Director of
the
FCC's Office of Managing Director (OMD).

"The Critical Infrastructure piece--that's things like taxi cabs,
Amateur
Radio, chemical plants, all that type of thing--those are not public
safety-specific functions," Dale said in response to a reporter's
question
following the FCC open meeting. "The plan is to keep those in the
Wireless
Bureau."

nice to have somethng to discuss

Discuss WHAT? A NON event?

OTOH WE are NOT seen as a public saety function. HMMMM not good for
the safety of ARS freqs id say

This will have nothing to do with the "safety of ARS freqs", Mork.

Getting folks to rally and finally push through ONE of the
"spectrum protection act" bills that has been in front of Congress over
the last 20 years WOULD, however no one seems to want to REALLY "do"
anything to make those happen.

Steve, K4YZ