H.R. 1301 - Bill to ease antenna restrictions for ham radio antennas

[James Wolf]

I'd like to see this happen, though I can easily see both sides of the
argument.  

 

One very active person in our DX club specifically bought a home in an older
subdivision that had no restrictions, only to find that when he installed
the tower with county permits, the association changed the rules and got a
court order to have him remove it.   It wasn't even visible from the road
due to the abundance of tall trees.  Pretty much the same thing happened
with a local physician who ended up moving again after building a home
putting up a tower and was basically run out.  

 

I can't tell you how many people I know that are no longer in Amateur Radio
due to their moving to an area that has restrictions.  If you want to build
a new home, you really don't have much choice unless you go for the country
as 99% of new additions have their antenna rules in the C&R's.  

 

Jim - KR9U

 

 

From: Tacos [mailto:tacos-bounces+jbwolf=comcast.net at amrad.org] On Behalf Of
Terry McCarty - WA5NTI
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 9:29 PM
To: AMRAD reflector
Subject: H.R. 1301 - Bill to ease antenna restrictions for ham radio
antennas
Importance: High

 

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TO:  All club members! 

The Federal H.R.1301 bill, if enacted, will make it easier for us to put up
ham radio towers and antennas by relieving restrictions on licensed amateurs
- similar to what was done for the satellite industry and their satellite TV
dish antennas. 

What is being proposed here is worth looking at and writing a letter to
support the bill's passage.

The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 -- H.R.1301 -- was introduced on March
4th in the US House of Representatives. The measure would direct the FCC to
extend its rules relating to reasonable accommodation of Amateur Service
communications to private land use restrictions.

HR 1301 will require the FCC to amend its Part 97 Amateur Service rules to
apply the three-part test of the PRB-1 federal pre-emption policy to include
homeowners' association regulations and deed restrictions, often referred to
as "covenants, conditions, and restrictions" (CC&Rs). 

All licensed hams are urged to contact their US House of Representatives
members asking them to sign on to and support the bill as a co-sponsor.

Full information can be found at: http://www.arrl.org/hr-1301


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73 de



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     Terry McCarty
    3t3 at comcast.net
        wa5nti
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