Andy's assertion that the 420-440 giveback is in the bill solely for scoring purposes jibes with prior public safety claims about the bill, which I heard second hand via Chris Imlay. Candidly, "It's just in there for scoring purposes" is no more credible than "The check is in the mail." Knowing that this claim is made by someone holding an Amateur Radio license is more bewildering than comforting. 73 de Brennan N4QX ________________________________ From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org on behalf of Richard J Norton Sent: Tue 3/22/2011 10:30 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:19797] HR 607 Background Infromation Last Friday night, I spoke with Andy Seybold, W6AMS, about HR 607, the bill introduced by New York's Representative King. Andy apparently actually wrote part of the text of the bill that presently exists. He is a well-known player in public safety communications, and much information about him can be found at his website, www.andrewseybold.com . He gave me a background presentation on the bill, and invited me to share it with relevant ARRL people. I have posted it at http://kkn.net/n6aa/w6ams , where you can download and view it, should it interest you. It is a 781k PDF file. There are a few typos that you will easily decipher. I cannot edit PDF files. I told Andy that my view of the HR 607 bill is that presently it isn't a serious threat, and I haven't rallied support for sending letters to congresspeople yet, a position that he concurred with. This is not a suggestion that any of you currently involved in letter-writing promotion should cease or modify your efforts. Andy has spoken to someone at ARRL, but didn't remember who. Possibly some of you, who interface with the Washington establishment, might already know of him. Although his initial interest in the bill is with public safety communications, he is a strong supporter of Amateur Radio, and has offered to help in any way he can. 73, Dick Norton, N6AA _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv