The 2007 ARRL Spectrum Defense Fund needs you!

The annual Spectrum Defense Fund is arguably the most significant fund raising campaign that ARRL mounts each year.

With funds dedicated to ARRL activities that defend Amateur Radio spectrum, all hams benefit from the efforts of ARRL in Washington and around the world. This year, the Defense Fund has been especially important in funding the ARRL legal action regarding BPL.

While we await the decision of the Appeals Court in Washington, the legal bills still need to me satisfied. So in these final weeks of the year, all members are urged to consider what they can do to help ARRL reach its financial goal. As the nation's most effective voice on behalf of Amateur Radio, ARRL needs you - now!
Your contribution online, through the mail or by phone is vital to ARRL's continued success. Your contribution will be dedicated to this purpose - and no other.

ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH, said, "I encourage you to consider a gift under the guidelines of the Pension Protection Act that sunsets on December 31, 2007. If you are 70-1/2 or older, you may request a contribution from your IRA directly to ARRL and designate that contribution to the Spectrum Defense Fund. Such a contribution may offer tax advantages for you."

More information is available online at http://www.arrl.org/
development/ppa.html.

Thank you for standing with ARRL to preserve Amateur Radio Spectrum!