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- ARRL Bulletin 8 ARLB008
- >From ARRL Headquarters
- Newington CT January 19, 1994
- To all radio amateurs
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- ARLB008 League at NJ hearing
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- League at NJ hearing
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- At a public hearing on January 11, ARRL officials told the New
- Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy that a
- state proposal to register and impose fees on rf sources was
- contrary to federal law as related to radio amateurs.
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- The New Jersey proposal, released last month, exempted Amateur Radio
- stations but left a door open for future regulation of amateurs.
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- ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, N3AKD, and Northern New Jersey
- Section Manager Rich Moseson, NW2L, both spoke at the hearing on
- behalf of the more than 5,000 ARRL members in New Jersey.
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- The League representatives argued that only the FCC had the power to
- license and regulate radio transmitters, and that applying the
- proposed regulations to amateurs would effectively preclude Amateur
- Radio communications in New Jersey.
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- A number of other ARRL officials and interested amateurs also were
- present at the hearing, and a specific exemption was requested for
- radio amateurs.
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- The NJ DEPE has extended the deadline for comments on the proposal
- until February 22. More information is in February QST.
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