[BCVHFA] Fw: SPECIAL CALL TO ACTION -- Victory is in our Grasp.

[Ed Thornsburg]

FW from K8JE

(Reply to k8je at arrl.org)

Dear fellow ARRL member,

You may recall that the US Senate passed bill S. 1755 unanimously and
sent it to the US House of Representative for further action.  This
bill is the first step toward overriding CC&Rs that prevent so many
amateurs from installing antennas on their own property.  There seems
to be little doubt that S. 1755 will be adopted by the US House of
Representative provided the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
forwards it to the floor of the House for a vote.

Here is where you come in.  We need every member possible to send two
fax messages in support of the bill.  One message is to Committee
Chairman Henry Waxman and and the other is to Committee Minority leader
Joe Burton urging them to release the bill from Committee.  In this
strategy, we are not asking you to write to your Representative at this
time.  Our intent is to get the bill out of committee.

I strongly believe our goal will be accomplished provided every ARRL
member who can get to a fax machine will help us fill the offices of
the Committee leaders with fax messages.

Please copy the following message, add your personal information and
make any other changes you may wish, and send the two faxes within the
coming day or two.

The fax number for Chairman Waxman is:  202-225-2525
The fax number for Congressman Barton is:  202-225-1919

With your help and the help of any others you may be able to get to
join in our effort, we will take the first step toward having a Federal
PRB-1 law that covers all restrictions against antennas.

If possible, please also e-mail or USPS mail copies of your letters to
Great Lakes Division Legislative Action Chairman John Meyers, NB4K
(nb4k at arrl.org), 218 Cory Ln., Butler, KY 41006.  John will collect
these letters and letters we receive from other sources and forward
them to John Chwat, our Washington lobbyist, to use when he visits Mr.
Waxman and Mr. Barton.  The main thing, though, is to fax letters to
Congressmen Waxman and Barton.

The letter follows.

73, tnx,

Jim

PS to Club officers:  Helping members generate letters would be a great
and beneficial project for a club meeting.  All that would be needed is
a laptop and printer.

Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director
ARRL Great Lakes Division
5065 Bethany Rd.
Mason, OH 45040
E-mail:  k8je at arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio

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Representative Henry A. Waxman
Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee
United States House of Representatives
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Representative Joe Barton
Ranking Member
House Energy and Commerce Committee
United States House of Representatives
2322A Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
                                                                       
                                    March 9, 2010

Dear Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Barton:

As one of more than 680,000 Amateur Radio licensees throughout the
United States, I urge your support for passage of S.1755, the "Amateur
Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act," which is pending in
your Committee. This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security
to undertake a study on the uses and capabilities of Amateur Radio
communications in emergencies and disaster relief.    

S. 1755, a bipartisan bill sponsored by both Chairman Lieberman and
Ranking Member Collins, passed without opposition in the Senate
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 4,
2009. On December 14 it passed by unanimous consent on the Senate
floor. It was referred to your Committee on the following day.

This bill promotes and encourages the valuable public service, disaster
relief, and emergency communications provided on a volunteer basis by
licensees of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio
Service, by undertaking a study of the uses of Amateur Radio for
emergency and disaster relief communications, by identifying
unnecessary or unreasonable impediments to the deployment of Amateur
Radio emergency and disaster relief communications, and by making
recommendations for relief of such unreasonable restrictions so as to
expand the uses of Amateur Radio communications in Homeland Security
planning and response.

Please pass S.1755 and send it to the House floor and to President
Obama for signature.

If you or your staff have any questions, please feel free to contact
John Chwat, the Washington, D.C. representative of the American Radio
Relay League, Inc., 703-684-7703 or by e-mail to john.chwat at chwatco.com
<mailto:john.chwat at chwatco.com> .

Sincerely, 

 

[name, address]

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k8je at arrl.org
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