[600MRG] Time to through up my hands.... (was Too Funny 600m etc)

[Edward R Cole]

Having submitted a few experimental license applications, can 
understand the frustration and difficulty in navigating the FCC 
websites.  My past employer held 63 FCC licenses which I 
administrated.  The company purchased sea-going position reporting 
bouys that utilized satellite reporting thru the Argos satellite 
network on 400 MHz. My company was engaged in oil spill recovery 
which is included in the scope of applications that Argos 
handles.  Its most known for oceanographic remote sensing and 
wildlife tracking.  Because the buoys are made in Canada they were 
not type-accepted for any normal radio service in the US, thus the 
need for the experimental license.

Experimental license applications are not much fun to do.  It took me 
about a month with back and forth e-mail with both the manufacturer 
and the FCC to get all the required info.  I also made some VHF-based 
tracking buoys using commercial APRS, which again required 
experimental licensing.

Now all that is history ;-)

Regarding 600m:  I had a Moose encounter with my inverted-L which was 
laying on the ground since I have my eme array lowered for some 
technical work.  Looks like the Moose got tangled and pulled hard, 
breaking a couple wires loose and racking the insulated base a 
bit.  All fixable.  I should be done with my work to raise the array 
and the inverted-L, today.

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 06:14 AM 9/29/2014, Warren K2ORS wrote:
>I have been trying to help the guy that I heard on 60m who wants to 
>get on 600 meters by giving him pointers to the FCC Experimental 
>Licensing site, tips on how to apply etc but he insists on doing it 
>himself. Apparently he got into the system and entered something or 
>other but can't get back in. There is no trace of his application on 
>the FCC database, so likely he exited the application without saving...
>He tried e-mailing his attachments to fccinfo at fcc.gov - which I have 
>found out is a call center operated by a contractor to the FCC - all 
>they will do is point you back to FCC OET!
>
>You can't help somebody who doesn't want help!
>
>The good news is that there is a very low probability that he will 
>show up on the band and cause problems...
>
>
>73 Warren
>
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