Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
November 16, 2009
DA 09-2420
Frederick A. Zacher
DeWitt County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
DeWitt County Building
201 W. Washington St.
Clinton, IL  61727
Dear Mr. Zacher:   
This letter grants your request, dated November 12, 2009, on behalf of the DeWitt County 
Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (the County) for a waiver to permit certain Amateur Radio 
Service licensees who are County employees to transmit communications on behalf of their employer 
during an upcoming government emergency drill.  
In your request, you state that the County will be holding an exercise on November 18, 2009 from 
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  You state that this exercise will test emergency communications, particularly 
amateur radio as a secondary form of communication, in the event of a radiological event at the Clinton 
nuclear power plant.  The drill will be held at various locations in DeWitt County, Illinois.
Section 97.113(a)(3) of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 97.113(a)(3), prohibits amateur 
licensees from transmitting communications in which they have a pecuniary interest, including 
communications on behalf of an employer.  You therefore request a waiver of this rule to permit the 
following County employees to transmit communications on behalf of their employer in connection with 
the exercise:  Frederick A. Zacher, KC9FYP; Marvin Murphy, KA9KEI; Eddie C. Lane, K9ISZ; Wayne 
Clymer, N9RYT; Calvin K. Lunny, N9IUA; Louis J. Rempe, K9LJR; Karen Murphy, N9RYP; John 
Reid, KC9GAW; Jerome Gawthorp, KC9J; Stephen J. Lighthall, KC9EUP; and David A. Short, N9ZLZ.
Section 1.3 of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, provides that the Commission may 
waive its rules if good cause for waiver is shown.  We conclude that grant of the waiver request is 
appropriate under the circumstances presented.  The public interest in facilitating the November 18 public 
safety exercise by permitting the specified amateur licensees to participate warrants this limited waiver of 
Section 97.113(a)(3).  This waiver grant permits transmission of communications by the above-listed 
amateur employees on behalf of their employer during the November 18, 2009, exercise, and immediately 
prior to the exercise for the purpose of operational testing of equipment.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the waiver request of the DeWitt County Emergency Services 
and Disaster Agency, dated November 12, 2009, IS GRANTED.
This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the 
Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau