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RECORD OF SUCCESS IS TESTIMONY TO THE PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR MEMBERSHIP
STAFF AS WELL AS TO THE DILIGENT EFFORTS OF EVERYONE, VOLUNTEER AND STAFF
ALIKE, WHO CONTRIBUTES EVERY DAY TO A POSITIVE IMAGE OF THE ARRL IN THE
AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY.  ALTHOUGH WE WERE ASSURED ALL ALONG THAT WE DIDNT
NEED TO WORRY ABOUT HR 607, IN MY VIEW, EVERY THREAT TO AMATEUR RADIO
SPECTRUM PRIVILEGES HAS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, AND OPPOSED SERIOUSLY, UNTIL
IT IS BURIED WITH A STAKE IN ITS HEART, CRAIGIE SAID, CALLING HR 607 THE
FIRST DOMESTIC THREAT TO AMATEUR RADIO SPECTRUM PRIVILEGES ON A POPULAR
BAND, IN THIS CASE, 420 440 MHZ, IN MANY YEARS.  CRAIGIE POINTED OUT THAT
THE LEAGUES GRASSROOTS EFFORTS HELPED BRING THE AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY
TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS, THE INCLUSION OF PORTIONS OF
OUR AMATEUR RADIO SPECTRUM WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BILL.  WE NOW HAVE SHOWN
THAT OUR GRASSROOTS PROGRAM CAN MOBILIZE THE MEMBERSHIP ON A LEGISLATIVE
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