Calif. hams face thousands of dollars in state fees for repeater sites in the midst of wildfire emer

I have several leases with the USFS for communications sites. I have been paying rent there since these site were put in nearly 20 years ago. It is the law.

 

Excellent! That's exactly the way it should work, and if you can negotiate a discount for actual public service performed by users, that would be good too.

 

You should not be surprised. It has been taught in schools for the last 40 years by design.

That has already happening. It is called Political Correctness or as I call it Censorship. It makes liars out of us. It is alive and well on this forum. Don't like what someone says, just report them and it is gone, especially if it is true.

 

Looks like we get to find how good CA's new plan for Emergency Comms is.