06-23-14 12:27 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about LPDA antenna

 RW> @MSGID: 
 RW> Greetings Ed!
Howdy! Roy,
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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