Amateur Radio to Remain within FCC WTB

[Pete, WA2CWA]

From the ARRL:

NEWINGTON, CT, Mar 17, 2006--The FCC today approved a proposal to create a new Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PS&HSB) that would assume some functions now under the umbrella of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB). But it appears that the Amateur Radio Service--now within the WTB's Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure Division, headed by Michael J. Wilhelm, WS6BR--will remain within the WTB, according to Anthony Dale, Acting Director of the FCC's Office of Managing Director (OMD).

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http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/03/17/100/?nc=1

[k4kyv]

From QRZ.com data base:

WS6BR
Michael J Wilhelm
1817 19th St Nw
Washington DC 20009


WS6BR's email address: michael.j.wilhelm(at)verizon.net

Formerly W4RUU, Gainesville, Florida; KS6BR/KH6, Honolulu, Hawaii; KS6BR, Pago Pago, American Samoa; WS6BR, (Novice Call)Pago Pago, American Samoa. [Retrieved WS6BR using the FCC's vanity call sign program.] Upgraded to Extra Class at the 2001 Dayton Hamvention. Currently operating from downtown Washington, DC (Dupont Circle area) with Icom IC-735 into a roof-mounted Cushcraft vertical at 45' AGL. Telephone 202.667.5832 (h); 202.418.0870 (w).