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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Protect Mountain Rescue Services from paying licence fees for using VHF radio frequencies. More details
Submitted by Tim Rivett – Deadline to sign up by: 17 November 2008 – Signatures: 6,918
Ofcom wants to bring "market forces" into the maritime and aviation communications. It has started a consultation exercise, which ends on the 30th October 2008, on applying charges to spectrum use. Mountain Rescue organisations are charitable voluntary bodies, funds are raised from public donation and their teams are staffed by volunteers. The additional cost of these licences will cause significant financial difficulties and potentially cause the closure of these vital emergency services.
This proposal must be rejected wholeheartedly.
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