doodle
04-03-2011, 10:52 AM
This showed up in google news linked to suspected IRA car bomb attack that killed a Catholic police officer in Ireland yesterday ( LINK (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?286111-Car-bomb-kills-Ireland-Catholic-policeman-IRA-dissidents-blamed&p=3189905&viewfull=1#post3189905)), this better be satire as ham radio is as American as applie pie:
IRA Terrorist Peter King Now Wants To Take America’s Amateur Radio Band
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From the ARRL amateur radio website:
H.R. 607 lists, among the bands to be reallocated for commercial auction within ten years of the passage of the Bill, the paired bands 420-440 MHz and 450-470 MHz.
The inclusion of most of the Amateur 70-cm spectrum as one of the replacement bands is a major problem. The 420-440 MHz band is not Public Safety spectrum and should not be included in any spectrum swap of Public Safety allocations.
While the ARRL and all Amateurs support the work of Public Safety and recognize their need for dedicated spectrum which would promote interoperability, the ARRL vigorously opposes HR 607 in its present form. HR 607 is a direct threat to our limited spectrum and the ARRL encourages all amateurs to appropriately voice their opposition to this bill.
LINK (http://wonkette.com/440404/ira-terrorist-peter-king-now-wants-to-take-americas-amateur-radio-frequencies)
IRA Terrorist Peter King Now Wants To Take America’s Amateur Radio Band
....
From the ARRL amateur radio website:
H.R. 607 lists, among the bands to be reallocated for commercial auction within ten years of the passage of the Bill, the paired bands 420-440 MHz and 450-470 MHz.
The inclusion of most of the Amateur 70-cm spectrum as one of the replacement bands is a major problem. The 420-440 MHz band is not Public Safety spectrum and should not be included in any spectrum swap of Public Safety allocations.
While the ARRL and all Amateurs support the work of Public Safety and recognize their need for dedicated spectrum which would promote interoperability, the ARRL vigorously opposes HR 607 in its present form. HR 607 is a direct threat to our limited spectrum and the ARRL encourages all amateurs to appropriately voice their opposition to this bill.
LINK (http://wonkette.com/440404/ira-terrorist-peter-king-now-wants-to-take-americas-amateur-radio-frequencies)