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A Deeper Dive, Please
Hi Paul,
I’m guessing you’ll have some response to your short article about no ham radio reception at the NAB this year.
And, like me, those readers might like a more in-depth article if you have the time.
Yes, it would be interesting to know how far back the ham radio reception goes at NAB conventions? Maybe to the 1940s?
And not having ever been to an NAB convention, I would certainly be interested in more details about [what] has been offered at the ham radio receptions? Were there programs for hams?
Any symposiums on antennas — or antenna-related items like, say, for example, grounding — or about transmitters that might be of interest to hams?
You mentioned the NAB said they’d lost a longstanding partner that was no longer operational. Any idea what was meant by that? Was that a ham radio manufacturer who had been sponsoring the reception in previous years?
And this may not necessarily be relevant to an NAB convention, but do we know if any FCC commissioners over the years have been licensed amateur radio operators?
Regards,
— Charles Frodsham, retired AM/FM station owner in Kansas, K0AYS
Questions for NAB
Hi Elle,
I was saddened to read this article in today’s Radio World SmartBrief.
Like most RF engineers of my age, I got my start in RF engineering by becoming a ham radio operator in high school.
The article did not say why the NAB stopped the Amateur Radio Operators Reception. It would be interesting to know the reason why.
I worked with the NAB when I was responsible for the Emergency Alert System (now a part of FEMA IPAWS) at FEMA HQ from 2001–2005.
Hope you are doing well.
— Bart Bartholomew, N3GQ, retired FCC RF engineer, federal agent, emergency manager
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