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ZL hams refuse to pay repeater feesMost of you will be aware that New Zealand's regulator MED, in implementing a free annual licence fee for radio amateurs, had decided to recoup the costs of administering the amateur service by introducing a $50 fee for each of our repeaters, beacons and links. Nearly all of these licences are under the name of NZART, the fee to NZART and its members would come to approximately $16,000 p.a. As NZART members make up around 39% of N.Z. amateurs, the remaining 61% would be ‘carried’ as far as the cost of running the amateur service goes. During our AGM in Christchurch NZART members passed the resolution unanimously not to pay any invoice when it arrives, see the latest Break-In for the exact details. NZART has received the first of the repeater invoices for the 2006/2007 year. In accordance with the instructions from our membership, we will advise the MED that the payment will not be made and we will dispute the same. We are also preparing an updated submission for the appropriate Parliamentarians. Bruce Douglas ZL2WP will advise you of developments on his return from the IARU Region 3 Conference.
Stuart Watchman ZL2TW
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