KC9ECI
10-03-2006, 10:25 PM
Quote[/b] ]ARRL Presses FCC to Release "Omnibus" Amateur Radio Report and Order (Oct 3, 2006) -- The ARRL has called upon FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin and his four Commission colleagues to help end "a very frustrating and protracted delay" by releasing a Report and Order in the so-called "Omnibus" Amateur Radio proceeding, WT Docket 04-140. The 2004 Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) proceeding, one of two still awaiting FCC release, consolidated a dozen rule making petitions addressing various Part 97 rule changes -- including ARRL's Novice refarming proposal. In its Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Order (NPRM&O), the Commission proposed to go along with the League's refarming concept and most other recommendations. ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, says the long-overdue Report and Order seems to be stalled for no reason.
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Full Story (http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/10/03/102/?nc=1)