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ARLB008 League at NJ hearing
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ARRL Bulletin 8  ARLB008
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  January 19, 1994
To all radio amateurs

League at NJ hearing

At a public hearing on January 11, ARRL officials told the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy that a
state proposal to register and impose fees on rf sources was
contrary to federal law as related to radio amateurs.

The New Jersey proposal, released last month, exempted Amateur Radio
stations but left a door open for future regulation of amateurs.

ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, N3AKD, and Northern New Jersey
Section Manager Rich Moseson, NW2L, both spoke at the hearing on
behalf of the more than 5,000 ARRL members in New Jersey.

The League representatives argued that only the FCC had the power to
license and regulate radio transmitters, and that applying the
proposed regulations to amateurs would effectively preclude Amateur
Radio communications in New Jersey.

A number of other ARRL officials and interested amateurs also were
present at the hearing, and a specific exemption was requested for
radio amateurs.

The NJ DEPE has extended the deadline for comments on the proposal
until February 22.  More information is in February QST.
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