06-23-14 12:27 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about LPDA antenna   
      
    RW> @MSGID: <53A95582.621.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    RW> Greetings Ed!   
   Howdy! Roy,   
   -snip-   
    RW> Hmmmm. The only hard cover AR book that I have is a ARRL   
    RW> published 'Yagi Antenna Design' by Dr James Lawson, W2PV,   
    RW> c1986. Dunno why it is in my library, as it was seldom used   
    RW> because of computer software that did what I probably bought   
    RW> the book for.   
      
   The book I mentioned seeing wasn't just for "Amateur" Radio.   
   -snip-   
    EV> Rumford Press printed the 1957 and 1960 A.R.R.L RAHB I have.   
    EV> The RAHB's I've got since 1964 don't show who published it for them.   
      
    RW> The above mentioned book was publication #72 in the AR's   
    RW> library. You can probably find it on their website.   
      
   I don't need another copy.   
   -snip-   
    EV>> I never used the CW License, but I once was a Radio Dispatcher for   
    EV>> the local government 'City Radio' station and showed my Third Class   
    EV>> RadioTelephone License to the boss when he asked me to fill out a   
    EV>> Form to get a Restricted RadioTelephone Permit, to show him I didn't   
    EV>> need a 'Permit' because the 'License' I already owned gave me all   
    EV>> the permission needed to be a Radio Dispatcher for the City.   
      
    RW>> You were right to do so. When/if the FCC were to inspect your   
    RW>> station, they wern't going to be looking for a city permit...   
      
    EV> The City doesn't issue Restricted RadioTelephone Permits, the FCC   
    EV> does.   
      
    RW> I know. And note the word, if...the FCC will pay you a visit if   
    RW> they think it has reason to do so. Monty Sisco, WB6UKD had that   
    RW> same license, had a repair shop where he refurbished older   
    RW> Motorola business radio and serviced customers who rented space   
    RW> on his BR repeaters on Mt San Miguel.   
      
    RW> He did this out of his garage at home and got a FCC visit and   
    RW> was asked to open the repeater building on the mountain for   
    RW> inspection. Dunno why.   
   Read below   
    EV> As far as them inspecting the Station, the City had a contract with a   
    EV> 2-Way Radio service company for Maintenance and Service of the Base   
    EV> and Mobile units. If there were any problems with the station, we   
    EV> would call the Company who had the maintenance contract any time Day   
    EV> or Night, and they would send a Licensed Technician to fix things.   
    EV> -snip-   
      
    RW> So you really didn't need to have that license to work there?   
    RW> The HAM echo co-mod has that same license and works in a Rhode   
    RW> Island radio or TV station. License required in his case.   
      
   WB6UKD had Amateur and Commercial gear in that Repeater Building.   
   The FCC had a reason or they wouldn't want to visit where the Gear was.   
   -snip-   
    EV> Yep!, He sure did, and I did re-new those licenses when it came time   
    EV> to re-new them, but I forgot to do so when those licenses were due to   
    EV> expire.   
      
    RW> Shame, shame...   
   Yep!, I don't have that License to brag about any more.   
   NNNN   
      
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