At 07:42 PM 1/1/02 -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote:
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>The only reason the FCC granted preemption for satellite dishes (plus
>MDS and "ordinary" TV antennas) is that Congress explicitly directed
>them to do so. Their reluctance to extend this to amateur antennas
>should have been expected.
Yup, and I suspect ARRL expected that answer. However, before they could
reasonably go to someone in Congress and seek introduction of similar
pre-emption legislation for amateur antennas, they needed to be able to
show they had exhausted their administrative remedies. It's just an added
bonus that the FCC handed them such a dumb response -- makes great lobbying
ammunition.
73, Pete N4ZR
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