Your help is needed in saving the 70cm Amateur Band!

On February 10, 2011, Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced H.R. 607, the “Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011,”.

Most of the Amateur 70-cm spectrum would be auctioned off as a result of this bill passing.

You can read more about it here.

Please take a few moments and write your congressmen about this important issue. The ARRL has a sample letter and details on how the deliver it here.