[amsat-bb] Re: 70c Band safe from auction, Thanks WB2OQQ

[Charles Suprin]

Howdy,

This may be my ignorance of the process but I thought amendments were voted
on. In that case can't the bill pass without the amendment that protects us?

Charles
Aa1vs
On May 20, 2011 3:53 PM, <saguaroastro at cox.net> wrote:
> Received this morning from one of my Listserves:
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Contact:
> Mike Lisenco, N2YBB
> n2ybb at arrl.org
> 917-865-3538
>
> May 19, 2011, Massapequa Park, NY - A delegation of Amateur Radio
operators from the Long Island / New York City area met this morning with
Congressman Peter T. King (R-NY) to discuss his recent proposed legislation,
HR 607, and its impact on Amateur Radio.
>
> Congressman King said that he fully understands and appreciates the
importance of Amateur Radio and the service it provides to the community,
and that he would see to the modification of the bill so that the 420 - 440
MHz band would be excluded from the spectrum to be auctioned. The delegation
included Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, ARRL Section Manager for New York City / Long
Island (NLI), Peter Portanova, WB2OQQ, NLI Local Government Liaison (LGL),
George Tranos, N2GA, NLI State Government Liaison (SGL), and Jim Mezey,
W2KFV, NLI ARES Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC).
>
> "The Congressman went on to explain that it was never his intention to
remove the 70 centimeter band from Amateur use. He further asked us to `get
the word out' and inform the Amateur Radio community that 70 centimeters is
not in jeopardy," said Lisenco.
>
> Lisenco, Mezey and Tranos spoke about the importance of Amateur Radio
emergency communications while Portanova, who is also the local AMSAT
representative, addressed satellite and other amateur use of the 70
centimeter band.
>
> The Congressman was very receptive to the group, who also extended an
invitation to attend Field Day locations in his District.
>
>
>
> ---- Donald Jacob <wb5eku at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Larry,
>> Thanks for the info. Just one question for clarification.
>> Is the full ham spectrum, 420 through 450MHz safe from
>> the auction.
>>
>> 73
>> Don WB5EKU
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Larry Teran <ki6yaa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I would like to thanks Peter Portanova, WB2OQQ on his participation to
>> > visit Congressman Peter T. King (R-NY) to discuss his recent proposed
>> > legislation, HR 607, and its impact on Amateur Radio, as well as the
>> > other delegates that participated on, for now the 70cm ham portion is
>> > safe from the auction.
>> >
>> > Thanks Peter!!
>> >
>> > 73's Larry KI6YAA
>> >
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