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HRN 342: It Ain't Parity Until We Say It's Parity
The Amateur Radio Parity Act drew plenty of critics in its original form (HR 1301, the early days) from hams who thought the government shouldn't stick its nose into private contracts. After the ARRL and the CAI (Community Associations Institute) arrived at compromise language, the US House of Representatives was happy (and passed it), but ham critics accused the ARRL of 'selling out'.
More recently, several hams who are also lawyers crafted their own, considerably more thoughtful arguments about to why the compromise bill (now HR-555 and S-1534) are not good for Amateur Radio.
Two of them, former FCC attorney Jim Talens N3JT, and well-known antenna law attorney, author (and contester) Fred Hopengarten K1VR, join David and Gary to make their case.
If you want an explanation of what's in the Bill, pre- and post-compromise, check out HamRadioNow Episode 259 (Click-bait titled PokeHAM GOta). If you want to be able to read along, the video is on YouTube. The link will take you to the spot Gary starts his review.
This episode also has some text of the bills, but we're pretty careful to read everything out loud. So we'll give it a Radio Rating of B+.
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By Gary Pearce KN4AQ, Amateur Radio//Video NewsThe Amateur Radio Parity Act drew plenty of critics in its original form (HR 1301, the early days) from hams who thought the government shouldn't stick its nose into private contracts. After the ARRL and the CAI (Community Associations Institute) arrived at compromise language, the US House of Representatives was happy (and passed it), but ham critics accused the ARRL of 'selling out'.
More recently, several hams who are also lawyers crafted their own, considerably more thoughtful arguments about to why the compromise bill (now HR-555 and S-1534) are not good for Amateur Radio.
Two of them, former FCC attorney Jim Talens N3JT, and well-known antenna law attorney, author (and contester) Fred Hopengarten K1VR, join David and Gary to make their case.
If you want an explanation of what's in the Bill, pre- and post-compromise, check out HamRadioNow Episode 259 (Click-bait titled PokeHAM GOta). If you want to be able to read along, the video is on YouTube. The link will take you to the spot Gary starts his review.
This episode also has some text of the bills, but we're pretty careful to read everything out loud. So we'll give it a Radio Rating of B+.