Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
November 30, 2009
DA 09-2510
Arl Weinrebe
Murray County Medical Center
2042 Juniper Ave.
Slayton, MN  56172
Dear Mr. Weinrebe:    
This letter grants your request, dated November 20, 2009, on behalf of the Murray County 
Medical Center (a County-owned hospital) for a waiver to permit certain Amateur Radio Service 
licensees to transmit communications on behalf of their employers during upcoming government 
emergency drills.  
In your request, you state that the South West Emergency Preparedness Team, which consists of 
hospitals, clinics, and public health and emergency management officials in southwest Minnesota, will be 
holding monthly radio-check disaster preparedness drills on December 2, 2009, and January 6, February 
3, March 3, April 7, May 5, and June 2, 2010 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  You state that the exercises 
will test radio equipment readiness in the event of a tornado, blizzard, or flooding in the region.  The drills 
will be held at various locations in southwest Minnesota.  
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 amateur licensees to transmit communications on behalf of their employers in connection with 
these exercises:  
Name Call Sign Employer
Arl Weinrebe KD0BJW Murray County Medical Center
Jack Winter KD0EMJ Canby Hospital
Peggy Dunblazier KD0IFT Tyler Hospital
Cory Jendro KD0IPC Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center
Gordy Kopperud KD0BJZ Sanford Westbrook Medical Center
Jim Hunt KD0FTB Sanford Jackson Medical Center
Brad Anderson KD0BXG Windom Area Hospital
LeRoy Reese KD0HAZ Murray County Medical Center
Andrew Rosenau KC0YFY Granite Falls Medical Center
Tom Balko KD0FNO Redwood Area Hospital
Sara Maher KC0WBS Renville County Hospital
Doug Olinger KD0FNP Renville County Hospital
Dan Anderson KD0ASX Nobles County Emergency Manager
Don Williams KD0BJX Jackson County Public Health
Lyle Loge KC0WBT Affiliated Community Medical Centers (ACMC) Marshall Market St.
L. VanDenEinde KC0WBJ ACMC Marshall Bruce St.
Stacy O’Brien KC0WBN ACMC Redwood Falls
James Reinert KD0IGA Murray County Emergency Manager
Randy Donahue WB0ZSO Murray County Law Enforcement
Arl Weinrebe Page 2
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 December 2, 
January 6, February 3, March 3, April 7, May 5, and June 2 public safety exercises 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 employers during the December 2, 2009, and January 6, February 3, March 3, April 7, May 5, and 
June 2, 2010, exercises.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the waiver request of the Murray County Medical Center, 
dated November 20, 2009, IS GRANTED.  Waivers for additional dates or additional participants must be 
requested separately.
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