[AMRadio] FW: [nmqrp] very important

[manualman at juno.com]

Check ARRL News, 3/25/15
http://www.arrl.org/news/index/page:1/model:News
See page 3

http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-president-directors-and-officers-educate-an
d-advocate-on-capitol-hill
Copy (most likely) both lines of the link above to get to the actual news

Pete, wa2cwa

On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 15:53:09 -0500 "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
writes:
> Hi Jim
> Could you give us a bit more information about this, please?
> 
> Jim
> W5JO
> Moderator.
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: JAMES HANLON
> 
> 
> I hope you folks will support this effort. Jim, W8KGI To: 
> NMQRP at yahoogroups.comCC: W5YA at yahoogroups.comFrom: 
> nmqrp at yahoogroups.comDate: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 08:54:37 -0600Subject:

>       A bill has actually been introduced into Congress which would 
> extend 
> the provisions of PRB-1 to CC&R's, REQUIRING then to accommodate 
> outdoor 
> antennas for amateur radio operators.  It is critically important 
> that LOTS 
> of people send letters to their representatives in support, or this 
> bill 
> will go nowhere. Go here: http://www.arrl.org/hr-1301 for details, 
> but also, 
> the ARRL is asking that we send our letters to THEM, so that: * the 
> letter 
> doesn't go to a place in Maryland where it takes six weeks or more 
> to be 
> screened for explosives, and * they have a reason to call upon the 
> representative face to face to deliver a bunch of letters to them. 
> In Santa 
> Fe County, it is almost impossible to purchase a home where CC&R's 
> don't 
> crush ham radio.  If one does find and select one of the rare 
> pieces, it 
> still can take YEARS to get a permit for even the most modest of 
> antenna 
> supports.  County law is only just now getting around to complying 
> with NM 
> state's PRB-1. 73,  Fred KT5X