Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
February 16, 2010
DA 10-247
Ann F. Cadgene
Senior Office Assistant
County of Sonoma Department of Health Services
625 Fifth Street
Santa Rosa, CA  95404-4428
Dear Ms. Cadgene:    
This letter grants your request, dated November 25, 2009, and supplemented February 2, 2010, on 
behalf of the County of Sonoma Department of Health Services 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 Sonoma County will be holding monthly radio-check disaster 
preparedness drills on March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, 
November 10, and December 8, 2010, from noon to 1:00 p.m.  The drills are conducted on a regular basis 
to test and confirm communication channels and equipment that resides in a number of health care 
facilities, public health offices, and public safety operation centers.  The drills will be held at various 
locations in Sonoma County.  
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 who are employees of Sonoma County to transmit communications on behalf 
of their employer in connection with these exercises:  Ann Cadgene, KI6TFG; Stephen Rios, KI6DUC; 
Michael Olson, KI6ZMS; Theresa Lombardi, KI6QCR; and Jeremy Nichols, N6WFO. You also request 
a similar waiver for amateur licensees listed in your request who are employees of other entities 
participating in these drills, mostly health care facilities, to transmit on behalf of their employers in 
connection with these exercises.1
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 March 10, April 14, 
May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, November 10, and December 8, 2010, 
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 
amateur licensees listed in your request on behalf of their employers during the March 10, April 14, May 
12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, November 10, and December 8, 2010, 
exercises.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the waiver request of the County of Sonoma Department of 
Health Services, dated November 25, 2009, IS GRANTED.
  
1 The request, including the entire roster, is set forth in the Commission’s Universal Licensing System as an 
attachment under each of the licenses listed above.
County of Sonoma Department of Health Services Page 2
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