Today I had the following exchange with Pudge, W4LTX, who is on Rep. Bartlett's staff. 73, Dave K1ZZ ________________________________ From: Forrester, Pudge [mailto:Pudge.Forrester@mail.house.gov] Sent: Mon 7/23/2007 11:15 PM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; Linnehan, Sean Patrick; Powers, Faye Subject: RE: HR 2743 Thank you very much Dave, I had a very good meeting with DHS people last week and at this point I am very hopeful we can work things out so that MARS is permitted to continue to use their own equipment. God bless, Pudge Systems Administrator Congressman Roscoe Bartlett 2412 RHOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202 225 2721; Fax: 202 225 2193 -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:05 PM To: Forrester, Pudge Cc: arrl@chwatco.com Subject: HR 2743 Pudge, Last Saturday the ARRL Board of Directors voted to support HR 2743. We have just put up a brief item on the ARRL Government Relations Web site: http://www.arrl.org/govrelations/#b As I understand it, you're not looking for a massive letter-writing campaign at this point but are hoping to use the bill as leverage with the NTIA. If so, I hope the ARRL's support will be helpful. If there is more you would like us to do, please let us know. 73, Dave Sumner, K!ZZ ARRL CEO