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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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WHITE HOUSE BUDGET INDICATES CUTS AT FCC
« on: March 19, 2017, 1538 UTC »
"Specifics on the FCC’s budget were not included in a barebones 53-page “skinny budget” that’s typically submitted to Congress by newly sworn-in Presidents. But the blueprint points to cutting the agency’s funding by 9.8% in the fiscal year that begins in October."

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Re: WHITE HOUSE BUDGET INDICATES CUTS AT FCC
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2017, 0625 UTC »
That's a "silver lining", at least.


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Re: WHITE HOUSE BUDGET INDICATES CUTS AT FCC?
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2017, 1148 UTC »
     Well, with today's SDR technology, automation takes over. One office can remotely monitor all monitoring stations, if they aren't already. Where I suspect everyone will feel the pinch is waiting for licensing approvals and renewals. I suspect that will now take longer to do.
I was asked, yet another weird question, of how I would like to be buried, when I finally bite the big one. The answer was actually pretty easy. Face-down, like a certain historical figure in the late 1980's, (I will not mention who, but some of you will get it, and that's enough.) Why??? It would be a burial that will satisfy everyone: (1) My enemies will say that it will show me where to go. (2) On the same point, I can have my enemies kiss my butt. (3) It will temporarily give someone a place to park a bicycle. See??? A WIN / WIN for everyone.