Received this morning from one of my Listserves:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mike Lisenco, N2YBB n2ybb@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@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@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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