Clear DayGood evening, On Thursday May 19, 2011 Mike Lisenco N2YBB, phoned me to tell me about the NLI delegation visit to Rep. Peter King. I told Mike that I would contact HQ regarding this meeting. I sent A. Pitts an email of the Press Release that Mike Lisenco had posted on the NLI Section Website. On Friday morning, information about the meeting was posted on the Hudson Division Website - http://www.hudson.arrl.org and a update was sent my twitter feed http://www.twitter.com\KA2ANF Later this weekend or early next week, the May edition of the Hudson Division Newsletter will also have information on the meeting. http://www.hudson.arrl.org/beacon/2011/201105hudsonbeacon.pdf 73, Joyce KA2ANF Subject: NLI Hams Meet With Rep. King - 70 cm is SAFE!!! May 19, 2011, Massapequa Park, NY. A delegation of Amateur Radio operators from the Long Island / New York City area met this morning with Congressman Peter T. King (R-NY) to discuss his recent proposed legislation, HR 607, and its impact on Amateur Radio. Congressman King said that he fully understands and appreciates the importance of Amateur Radio and the service it provides to the community, and that he would see to the modification of the bill so that the 420 - 440 MHz band would be excluded from the spectrum to be auctioned. The delegation included Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, ARRL Section Manager for New York City / Long Island (NLI), Peter Portanova, WB2OQQ, NLI Local Government Liaison (LGL), George Tranos, N2GA, NLI State Government Liaison (SGL), and Jim Mezey, W2KFV, NLI ARES Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC). The Congressman went on to explain that it was never his intention to remove the 70 centimeter band from Amateur use. He further asked us to get the word out and inform the Amateur Radio community that 70 centimeters is not in jeopardy, said Lisenco. Lisenco, Mezey and Tranos spoke about the importance of Amateur Radio emergency communications while Portanova, who is also the local AMSAT representative, addressed satellite and other amateur use of the 70 centimeter band. The Congressman was very receptive to the group, who also extended an invitation to attend Field Day locations in his District. ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™ Joyce A. Birmingham, KA2ANF ARRL Director - Hudson Division 235 Van Emburgh Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 201-445-5924 ka2anf@arrl.net