I couldn’t agree with you more Barry,

With FCC-20-184 the FCC dropped the guillotine on any ARRL claim that the FCC along with the Nation's local EMAs view ARES as a viable Emergency Communications resource.

That unnecessary comment using extremely poorly chosen language will resound negatively and have disastrous impacts on hopes for reviving ARES and renewing affiliations with EMAs & other AHJs.

Reading the Order and Rule Making I found that the FCC’s attitude about Amateur radio’s value during initial disaster responses has changed 180 degrees from every Rule Making & Order I’ve read in the last 6 years of researching Part 97 Proposed Rule makings and Orders.

I hope that when the dust (& the pandemic) settles, Congress comes to the rescue - otherwise ARES will soon be history, which - in the words of 'The History Guy’ - should be remembered.

This sudden turn about will inevitably cause every ARES Operator to question their value to those they serve on request wrt to routine use cases and instinctively wrt immediate responses to disasters.

Everyone Have a Happier New Year & 73,

…dan wl7coo

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wl7coo@arrl.net or sohn@sti.net

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On Dec 30, 2020, at 8:35 PM, Barry Porter via groups.io <barryp13=me.com@groups.io> wrote:

That statement is going to have real repercussions for our ability to get
reasonable liability and other insurance, and recognition by other government
and non government groups.

Barry

On Dec 30, 2020, at 10:56 PM, Pete Emmel, K4LLE <pete.emmel.k4lle@gmail.com> wrote:

I dont know about anybody else but I find "the amateur service is not an emergency radio service" disappointing, to say the least.
Pete

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