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wireless division wants to fight for more HF privileges in light of the roles we play in disasters and with the expect weather pattern changes coming we are ripe for more hurricanes. However, when they try to get Congressional support for it, all the opposition has to do is play some tapes of the above frequencies. So for Riley it's a major crusade to improve the public image of ham radio in light of the competition from other radio services that the congress is more familiar with.
Riley stated that there are four reasons for an exam recall:
1. Complaints from others in a test session.
2. Code exemption from a podiatrist
3. Extra Class on the air asking what a Dipole is
4. Hearing someone say that they bought a license in New York City
Overall, Riley said that ham radio is fundamentally sound. He feels it's in good shape and he said it has been tough for him not to get cynical when dealing with the few bad folks out there. He said that a lot of peer pressure from other hams has helped quit a bit. The FCC will be asking the OO's to be more active but pledged that the FCC will give them more resources to work cases.
He believes that there will be more pressure for HF spectrum even though the experts do not believe it right now. Third world countries will be asking for additional broadcasting rights in the ham bands and gave the example using 75 meters for local coverage which is a request he is probably aware of at this point. It was mentioned that there is some dislike for the US amateur operators overseas due to the few bad apples we have stateside. He did say that at the next international conference, one of the items that the FCC will try to work is to move the broadcasters out of the 40-

meter band.
Overall, everyone at the meeting came away very impressed. We all feel that amateur radio is in good hands with Riley driving the enforcement side. Now it's up to use to make the best use of our resources and get the word out and sign up new hams!

FARA - The Early Years
Transcribed by Karen Hess

The Framingham Amateur Radio Association, formerly called the Community Radio Association, is fortunate to have the notes dating back to the Club's first meeting.  Karen Hess, W1RH's XYL, has transcribed the hand written notes, verbatim, and they will appear in this and future issues of the Circuit.  They make for fascinating reading!
March 27, 1933
The 5^th regular meeting of the C.A.R.A. was called to order by Pres. LaBarr at 8:45 p.m.
Reports of the Secretary and the Treasurer read and accepted.
Announcement by the Secretary of Radiation Manuals for sale at $0.05 each.
Request for names of those who wish to have code practice by Secretary.  6 names submitted.
A letter from A.R.R.L. acknowledging receipt of application for affiliation was read by the Secretary.
No further business coming before the club the meeting was adjourned by unanimous vote.
Following the business meeting members of the club listened to a talk on elementary transmitter circuits by C. R. Crosby.
Resp. Submitted

after unlicensed operators in the 10-meter band as well as illegal amplifiers. He gave a quick overview of several of the actions that are in progress such as Glenn Baxter case and he is off the air at present. Riley mentioned that 75% of all the hams recalled never show up for the retest. Support has been outpouring for continued enforcement. There were 5000 letters received at the FCC in support of his work and only 3 against. In the future there will be more on the air activities, net check ins and 3 to 5 years of further enforcement.
Technically, he said that Columbia can DF a signal in a second. However, they do not want to overload them with amateur issues since they have to also handle the commercial side of the house as well. There are 14 monitor stations as well and they are reporting to Riley when they happen to hear something going on in the amateur bands.
If there are repeated issues that you want to report, he recommends that a tape be sent to him with all supporting information, date, time, frequency, (if VHF/UHF include any local DF info). In some cases some hams might have an idea as to which person might be the offender. He asked to report this as well. Information can be sent to [email protected]. Please do not send long .wav files, however short samples can be sent for reference but tapes are requested.
His guidelines for what is proper on the air language was stated that no ham with kids would be embarrassed to leave a radio on any time of the day or night listening to it. In fact a random sample of the FCC database several years ago showed 28% of the licenses were youngsters. Riley is especially concerned over the activities on 3950 and 14313. This is a major public relations issue for ham radio. At present, he stated that the FCC