Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
May 18, 2010
DA 10-868
Timothy A. Diemler
Deputy Director
State of Missouri Emergency Management Agency
P.O. Box 116
Jefferson City, MO  65102
Dear Mr. Diemler:   
This letter grants your request, dated May 3, 2010, on behalf of the State of Missouri Emergency 
Management Agency (SEMA) for a waiver to permit certain Amateur Radio Service licensees to transmit 
communications on behalf of their employers during an upcoming government emergency drill.  
In your request, you state that SEMA will be conducting a disaster preparedness exercise entitled 
2010 Missouri Earthquake, which will take place on June 3, 2010.  As part of the exercise, amateur radio 
will be used for back-up communications between local emergency operations centers and state area 
coordination centers.  
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 employer in connection with 
the exercise:  for the Missouri Department of Public Safety, James Simmons, WA0BER; and for the 
Missouri State Highway Patrol, Corey Chaney, KF0U, Billy Brumble, N0VHM, Steve Groves, 
WD0EXG, Shannon McGowan, WD0AFP, and Dewayne Carver, WD0HXX.
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 June 3 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 licensees on behalf of their employer during the June 3, 2010 exercise, and immediately 
beforehand for the purpose of operational testing of equipment.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the waiver request of the State of Missouri Emergency 
Management Agency, dated May 3, 2010, 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