In a message dated 02-14-15, Daryl Stout said to Holger Granholm:

Hi Daryl,

HG>It's made up of two parts: 1) The license itself allowing us to use
HG>amateur radio transmitters and 2) A yearly "Frequency tax"
for the use
HG>of our needed parts of the frequency spectrum.

DS>   That's interesting...but I'd be surprised if the U.S. would ever
DS> institute something like that.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. You do know that the FCC auctions
spectrum space to other users/groups to the highest bidder.

CU AGN, Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger

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