FCC Special Counsel Laura Smith Visits ARRL

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FCC Special Counsel Laura Smith visited ARRL Headquarters on March 5 and 6, her first official visit as Special Counsel. Smith was named to the position earlier this year, filling the vacancy created when Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, retired in 2008; Hollingsworth served in that position for more than 10 years as the Commission's enforcement watchdog over the Amateur Radio Service.



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[mackmobile43]

hahah, I like the way they detect powerline noise, I just use a cheap cb radio.

And on edit is submit this ditty.

Smith is not yet a licensed amateur. She said that she will get her license "someday," but that she did not want to get her license just because her job involves Amateur Radio:


I ask, why would anyone learn not what their job intails before taking the job? this must be a case of on the job training and I suspect many in the amateur radio field are not happy with this appointment.

 

[Peddler]

hahah, I like the way they detect powerline noise, I just use a cheap cb radio.

And on edit is submit this ditty.

Smith is not yet a licensed amateur. She said that she will get her license "someday," but that she did not want to get her license just because her job involves Amateur Radio:


I ask, why would anyone learn not what their job intails before taking the job? this must be a case of on the job training and I suspect many in the amateur radio field are not happy with this appointment.

Because it has more to do with politics than radio.

 

[mackmobile43]

Because it has more to do with politics than radio.

Riley rolled over in his lazyboy when he heard this news.

It's not all about the hobby huh?