{"id":62473,"date":"2025-03-30T10:53:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T14:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62473"},"modified":"2025-03-30T10:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T14:53:40","slug":"geerling-engineerings-take-on-the-fccs-delete-delete-delete-docket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/geerling-engineerings-take-on-the-fccs-delete-delete-delete-docket\/","title":{"rendered":"Geerling Engineering&#8217;s Take on the FCC\u2019s &#8220;DELETE, DELETE, DELETE&#8221; Docket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff and Joe Geerling provide a quick but insightful overview of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/fcc-opens-re-delete-delete-delete-docket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the FCC\u2019s &#8220;DELETE, DELETE, DELETE&#8221; docket<\/a>, offering their thoughts on its implications\u2014especially from Joe\u2019s perspective as a broadcast engineer. Their discussion is a great starting point for understanding how these regulatory changes could impact radio and wireless communications.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LCd-vplPVDI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LCd-vplPVDI?si=pidBrdh89t3BqgT1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I should note that a couple weeks ago I submitted a public comment on the FCC site regarding the importance of the amateur radio service\u2014while this isn\u2019t specifically about deregulating the amateur radio service, I believe it\u2019s always worth reinforcing the value of maintaining our spectrum allocations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/fcc-opens-re-delete-delete-delete-docket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for more information on the FCC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff and Joe Geerling provide a quick but insightful overview of the FCC\u2019s &#8220;DELETE, DELETE, DELETE&#8221; docket, offering their thoughts on its implications\u2014especially from Joe\u2019s perspective as a broadcast engineer. Their discussion is a great starting point for understanding how these regulatory changes could impact radio and wireless communications. Click here to view on YouTube. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,56,3781,545],"tags":[1241,2309],"class_list":["post-62473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-fm","category-ham-radio","tag-fcc","tag-federal-communications-commission"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gfD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46193,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/arrl-urges-members-to-strongly-oppose-fcc-application-fees-proposal\/","url_meta":{"origin":62473,"position":0},"title":"ARRL Urges Members to &#8220;Strongly&#8221; Oppose FCC Application Fees Proposal","author":"Thomas","date":"October 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ARRL Newlsetter) ARRL Urges Members to Join in Strongly Opposing FCC\u2019s Application Fees Proposal ARRL will file comments in firm opposition to an FCC proposal to impose a $50 fee on amateur radio license and application fees. 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