Friday, March 11, 2011

ARRL "forgot" something about Ralph Haller

I'm always critical of the way that public employees rotate back and forth between public, private and non profit jobs, often to their own benefit.

ARRL forgot to note that Ralph Haller, commenting in favor of hams, is from the FCC:


At least this time, the politico gone non-profit is on the public's side and not the plastic hawking Globalist corporation manipulating Congress:

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) -- a federation of more than a dozen public safety communications organizations -- has gone on record as sharing the ARRL’s concerns regarding HR 607, the Broadband for First Responders’ Act of 2011. ThARRL is actively opposing the legislation in its current form because Section 207(d) of the bill -- introduced in the US House ofRepresentatives by Representative Peter King (R-NY-3) -- calls for the reallocation of 420-440 MHz for commercial auction. The ARRL, which is a member of the NPSTC Governing Board, has assured NPSTC members that its opposition is limited to Section 207(d) and that it supports the underlying objective of the legislation, which is to provide spectrum near 700 MHz for a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network.

Writing to ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, and ARRL Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ, on March 8, NPSTC Chair Ralph Haller said: “We want to let you know that NPSTC’s Governing Board understands your serious concerns about Section 207 of this Act, and we share those concerns.” While reiterating NPSTC’s support for the remainder of the Act, Haller said: “NPSTC is very concerned about Section 207(d) of the Act and believes that the section needs to be amended to address the concerns of public safety and the Amateur Radio users.”




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