Nickolaus E. Leggett
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At least one Commissioner should be an engineer or technician
At least one of the FCC commissioners should be a certified engineer, a certified technician, or a licensed radio operator (amateur or commercial). This will make sure that technical knowledge and insight are included in the various FCC decisions. -
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Please do not impose equipment authorization on the Amateur Radio Service. We design and build our own radio transmitters and modify our transmitters. Ours is a hands-on technology service for technology self training and for developing new technologies. In my own case, I used my amateur radio background to invent and patent my wireless bus invention (U.S. Patent 6,771,935). Having the freedom to invent, design, and experiment are essential for producing new technologies. Other amateur radio operators have invented liquid flow capacitors, electrolytic antennas, satellite components, etc. Amateur radio inventors, technologists, students, and experimenters are a national economic resource that should be encouraged.
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I agree with Mr. Carr's comments. The GMRS license fee should be dropped since the service has been merged with the FRS by the equipment manufacturers. It was probably a mistake to allow this to happen. But now that it has been done, we need to move ahead and allow all of this to be license-free. By the way, I do hold a GMRS license myself.
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I am suggesting that EMP attacks and/or solar storm events propose a major threat to the American economy and to basic law and order. Therefore the FCC should act to protect communications networks. Refer to the infomation sources listed below:
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Severe Space Weather Events – Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts
A Workshop Report
National Academy of Sciences
Publication Year 2008
PAPERBACK
ISBN-10:0-309-12769-6
ISBN-13:978-0-309-12769-1Note 2
Petitions to the Commission by Donald J. Schellhardt and Nickolaus E. Leggett
Docket RM-5528, Request to Consider Requirements for Shielding and Bypassing Civilian Communications Systems from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Effects.
Docket RM-10330, Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Shield Electronics Equipment Against Acts of War Or Terrorism Involving Hostile Use of Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP).
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The text of the Congressional Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack is available at the web site:
www.empcommission.org
This document confirms the serious impact of an EMP attack on the infrastructure of the United States.Nickolaus E. Leggett
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This concept of low wattage FM transmitters for community radio stations is an excellent concept. Back in 1997 Donald Schellhardt, Judith Leggett, and I (Nickolaus Leggett) proposed a low power FM radio service for this purpose (FCC Docket 99-25). After years of work by several thousand Americans, a low power FM radio broadcasting service was approved by the FCC. However, this service was in effect limited to just rural locations. In order to provide this type of service in urban America, the FCC should consider using some millimeter wave allocations for urban community broadcasting. This part of the spectrum has a great capacity for thousands of local broadcasters in urban areas. This would help urban communities and neighborhoods develop. I have proposed this in comments in several FCC rulemaking dockets.
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The Commission should welcome the FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act H.R. 4809 that was recently introduced in the House of Representatives. This bill will assist FCC Commissioners in dealing with complex communications technology issues. The companion bill in the Senate is S. 2881 that was introduced by Senator Olympia Snowe.
The text of these bills is listed below.
FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act (Introduced in House)
HR 4809 IH
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4809
To provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 10, 2010
Mr. MCNERNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act'.
SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF TECHNICAL STAFF.
Section 4(f)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154(f)(2)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: `Each commissioner may also appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide the commissioner technical consultation when appropriate and to interface with the Office of Engineering and Technology, Commission Bureaus, and other technical staff of the Commission for additional technical input and resources, provided that such engineer or scientist holds an undergraduate or graduate degree from an institution of higher education in their respective field of expertise.
FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act (Introduced in Senate)
S 2881 IS
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2881
To provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 14, 2009
Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act'.
SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF TECHNICAL STAFF.
Section 4(f)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154(f)(2)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: `Each commissioner may also appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide the commissioner technical consultation when appropriate and to interface with the Office of Engineering and Technology, Commission Bureaus, and other technical staff of the Commission for additional technical input and resources, provided that such engineer or scientist holds an undergraduate or graduate degree from an institution of higher education in their respective field of expertise.'.
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