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This action alert is about a matter that could have repercussions for all recreational anglers and boaters. As a result of a new proposal to use radio bandwidth appropriate next to the present GPS support, the long term reliability of the GPS program across the United States is now in question.

CCA’s partner Boat US is mounting a marketing campaign to speak to the Federal Communiications Commission (FCC) in the course of a brief 30-day public comment period, to aid them comprehend the public’s want for ongoing, dependable GPS indicators for secure navigation on boats, in cars, and for so several other day-to-day employs. Clicking the link below will get you to a web page on the Boat US web site where you will be in a position to send a message to the FCC voicing your considerations:

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Background: Previously this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave conditional approval to a private company, LightSquared, to begin a nationwide broadband support adjacent to the radio spectrum utilized for GPS. Following issues from person groups (such as BoatU.S.), the FCC necessary substantial testing and a report for possible conflicts with aviation, cellular, navigation, and four other GPS employs just before this proposal could move ahead. In that June 30th report the navigation sub-group concluded “that all phases of the LightSquared deployment plan will consequence in wide-spread damaging interference to GPS signals and services and that mitigation is not achievable.”

In 2010 the US Coast Guard shut down Loran, leaving mariners employing electronic navigation to depend solely on GPS. Now, this rapidly-transferring threat to GPS could pull the plug on our ability to safely navigate inside of the U.S. Public feedback on LightSquared’s proposal will be used until finally Saturday, July thirty, 2011. Following that, the FCC will make a willpower on what this personal firm can do with this crucial public resource.

We ask that you just take a moment today, as an angler and a citizen, to request that the FCC reject the proposed LightSquared program to deploy a non-public nationwide broadband support that can cripple the nation’s GPS techniques. Simply because it is not effortless to locate your way by means of the FCC’s comment web kinds, we suggest you follow the link below. The Boat US system will aid you effortlessly build a letter, which will be electronically delivered to your Members of Congress. Boat US will then print your letter and hand deliver it to the FCC before they shut on Friday, July 29th.