I agree and I disagree. I agree with the first paragraph and want to expand on that. The radio spectrum is 100% full and allocated. So every time someone comes up with a new wireless do-hicky they need some bandwidth to make it viable. The real reason HDTV is here is because it uses much less bandwidth for broadcast TV and the FCC re-allocated all the old VHF tv frequencies. The ARRL is THE lobby group for Amateur Radio.
So IMHO your first dollars should go to ARRL to protect the entire HAM radio community. THEN some dollars should go to local repeater owners as repeaters ARE expensive beasts to maintain.
