How many realize the ARRL is a business? More "so called" "Hams"
translates directly into hard cash for the good old boys at the ARRL.
How friggin simple can it get!

WA3QNS

(anyone but BUSH!)





"Lloyd Mitchell" wrote in
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SB QST @ ARL $ARLB003
ARLB003 ARRL to Propose New Entry-Level License, Code-Free HF Access

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ARRL Bulletin 3 ARLB003
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT January 20, 2004
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB003
ARLB003 ARRL to Propose New Entry-Level License, Code-Free HF Access

The ARRL will ask the FCC to create a new entry-level Amateur Radio
license that would include HF phone privileges without requiring a
Morse code test. The League also will propose consolidating all
current licensees into three classes, retaining the Element 1 Morse
requirement--now 5 WPM-only for the highest class. The ARRL Board of
Directors overwhelmingly approved the plan January 16 during its
Annual Meeting in Windsor, Connecticut. The proposals--developed by
the ARRL Executive Committee following a Board instruction last
July--are in response to changes made in Article 25 of the
international Radio Regulations at World Radiocommunication
Conference 2003 (WRC-03). They would continue a process of
streamlining the amateur licensing structure that the FCC began more
than five years ago but left unfinished in the Amateur Service
license restructuring Report and Order (WT 98-143) that went into
effect April 15, 2000.

''Change in the Amateur Radio Service in the US, especially license
requirements and even more so when Morse is involved, has always
been emotional,'' said ARRL First Vice President Joel Harrison, W5ZN,
in presenting the Executive Committee's recommendations. ''In fact,
without a doubt, Morse is Amateur Radio's 'religious debate.'''

The entry-level license class--being called ''Novice'' for now--would
require a 25-question written exam. It would offer limited HF
CW/data and phone/image privileges on 80, 40, 15 and 10 meters as
well as VHF and UHF privileges on 6 and 2 meters and on 222-225 and
430-450 MHz. Power output would be restricted to 100 W on 80, 40,
and 15 meters and to 50 W on 10 meters and up.

''The Board sought to achieve balance in giving new Novice licensees
the opportunity to sample a wider range of Amateur Radio activity
than is available to current Technicians while retaining a
motivation to upgrade,'' said ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ. Under the
ARRL plan, current Novice licensees--now the smallest and least
active group of radio amateurs--would be grandfathered to the new
entry-level class without further testing.

The middle group of licensees--Technician, Tech Plus (Technician
with Element 1 credit) and General--would be merged into a new
General license that also would not require a Morse examination.
Current Technician and Tech Plus license holders automatically would
gain current General class privileges without additional testing.
The current Element 3 General examination would remain in place for
new applicants.

The Board indicated that it saw no compelling reason to change the
Amateur Extra class license requirements. The ARRL plan calls on the
FCC to combine the current Advanced and Amateur Extra class
licensees into Amateur Extra, because the technical level of the
exams passed by these licensees is very similar. New applicants for
Extra would have to pass a 5 WPM Morse code examination, but the
written exam would stay the same. Sumner said the Board felt that
the highest level of accomplishment should include basic Morse
capability. Current Novice, Tech Plus and General licensees would
receive lifetime 5 WPM Morse credit.

''This structure provides a true entry-level license with HF
privileges to promote growth in the Amateur Service,'' Harrison said.

Among other advantages, Sumner said the plan would allow new Novices
to participate in HF SSB emergency nets on 75 and 40 meters as well
as on the top 100 kHz of 15 meters. The new license also could get
another name, Sumner said. ''We're trying to recapture the magic of
the old Novice license, but in a manner that's appropriate for the
21st century.''

The overall proposed ARRL license restructuring plan would more
smoothly integrate HF spectrum privileges across the three license
classes and would incorporate the ''Novice refarming'' plan the League
put forth nearly two years ago in a Petition for Rule Making
(RM-10413). The FCC has not yet acted on the ARRL plan, which would
alter current HF subbands.

The ARRL license restructuring design calls for no changes in
privileges for Extra and General class licensees on 160, 60, 30, 20,
17 or 12 meters. Novice licensees would have no access to those
bands.

See ''ARRL to Propose New Entry-Level License, Code-Free HF Access''
on the ARRL Web site, www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/01/19/1/, for
the specific subband allocations ARRL is proposing for each class.
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/EX

Lefty wrote:
"How many realize the ARRL is a business?"

Of course it is, and it is operated by and for its small group of
insiders. As the only significant representative of licensed amateurs,
ARRL is a monopoly which enjoys the benefits of its status.

Someone must have shown the insiders that deregulation would increase
the ranks of amateurs and potential revenues to the ARRL. Now, ARRL is
ready to lobby for deregulation. The FCC has been on its path to
consolidation, simplification, and deregulation for many years. The FCC
should be encouraged to accelerate deregulation. It allows more citizans
better use of a valuable public resource. The public owns the radio
spectrum. Only enough regulation to assure interference is held to
acceptable levels and that common carriers as natural monopolies don`t
abuse the public is desirable.

Washington,D.C. needs an Elliot Spitzer who would successfully
investigate government agencies and the interest groups who lobby them.
Daylight on the deals between the D.C. players might lead to needed
reforms.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

How can a business accept charitable donations?
You have to be a business of sorts to be a charatable organization. You must
have a board of directors or officers and must hold regular business
meetings. Look at the Red Cross. They're a Charatable, Not-for-Profit,
--Both tax classifications (ie 501C3) business...


"william ewald" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:09:30 -0500, (Richard
Harrison) wrote:

Lefty wrote:
"How many realize the ARRL is a business?"

Of course it is, and it is operated by and for its small group of
insiders. As the only significant representative of licensed amateurs,
ARRL is a monopoly which enjoys the benefits of its status.

How can a business accept charitable donations?

From www.arrl.org

September 29, 2004 -- Employees of the US government can designate
their Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) pledges to the ARRL. (The League
is CFC No 9872.) Federal employees who participate in the CFC can
donate all or part of their CFC contribution to the League to support
ARRL's efforts on behalf of Amateur Radio. Some private-sector
employers also match donations their employees make to ARRL, while
others will donate to the League if you volunteer your time--as an
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteer, for example.
"ExxonMobil gives ARRL a donation of $500 for every 25 hours that I
volunteer for ARES activities, including training, exercises and
preparation--with a max of $2000 per year," says ARRL member Alan
Isaachsen, KB2WF. ARRL is a qualifying §501(c)(3) organization, and
contributions may be tax deductible for both employer and employee.
Make it a point to find out your employer offers a volunteer incentive
program or matches individual employee's donations to the League. For
more information, contact ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart,
K1MMH, ; 860-594-0397; fax 860-594-0259.--thanks to
Alan Isaachsen, KB2WF, and Walt Dubose, K5YFW

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:06:52 -0400, "Bill-kb3gun"
wrote:

How can a business accept charitable donations?
You have to be a business of sorts to be a charatable organization. You must
have a board of directors or officers and must hold regular business
meetings. Look at the Red Cross. They're a Charatable, Not-for-Profit,
--Both tax classifications (ie 501C3) business...

All types of non-profit corporations need to follow the IRS tax
regulations, as well as corporate law for the state in which they are
incorporated. They also need to follow commonly accepted accounting
practices, including an annual review of their finances and procedures
by an outside CPA.

Any non-profit type corporation can accept donations, but only
donations to a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit are tax deductible for
the giver, and certain other benefits and programs are reserved for
501(c)(3). Grants are usually only available to (c)(3)s.

The flip side is that the standard for becoming and remaining a
501(c)(3) is more difficult, and they are scrutinized more carefully
by the IRS.

The vast majorities of their activities need to be charitable (for the
community, not their membership), educational, religious, or
scientific.

Other types of non-profits (there are at least a dozen other types) do
not need to meet such a high standard for their activities. Many would
fall under 501(c)(7), which is "recreational or social" clubs.

There are also restrictions on payments to Board members.

I suppose in theory that a for-profit business could accept donations,
but there would be no tax deduction for the giver, and the business
might have to pay taxes on it as income. Doesn't make sense, but it is
not illegal.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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