I am forwarding this email to the DARA TNG email list in hopes most of you will join me in sending congress a letter supporting the passage of House Bill 1094 and Senate bill S459 – these identical bills which would provide the ability of Hams living in HOA communities to erect antennas and participate in our hobby, most specifically in the provision of Emergency Communications, for which we are Federally licensed.

 

From Tom Sly WB8LCD ARRL Ohio Section Manager:

 

Please forward this announcement everywhere!

 

If you are an ARRL member, earlier today you would have received an ARRL Member Bulletin. (Wednesday September 17, 2025).  This bulletin is asking you to go to https://send-a-letter.org/hoa/  where it will then ask you to enter your callsign, then press the "send my letters" button.  Two steps and you're done!

 

But, what have you done?  You have just sent a letter, which will be hand delivered to your US House Representative and two Senators by an ARRL retained lobbyist in Washington, DC.  This letter is supporting the passage of House Bill 1094 and Senate bill S459 - identical bills which would provide the ability of Hams living in HOA communities to erect antennas and participate in our hobby, most specifically in the provision of Emergency Communications, for which we are Federally licensed.

 

This is a last-ditch effort to get this legislation passed before the end of the current legislative session.  The strategy is to get as many letters in the hands of our legislators as possible, as quickly as possible, to get this legislation passed before any credible counter measures can be taken by those who would like to see us fail.  Please!  Act quickly and get this done!  Legislators respond to this type of correspondence from individuals, and the ARRL is making it easy for you to participate!

 

Any questions?  Call me.  Tom Sly WB8LCD ARRL Ohio Section Manager

330-554-4650

 

****Important note: ANY licensed Amateur Radio Operator is invited (and requested) to participate in this program - you DO NOT have to be an ARRL member!  All you need is a valid callsign.  Please forward this email to any and all Amateur Radio Operators you know!  We are looking for large numbers to make this happen.

 

Please pass this onto all of your Ham Radio friends – hopefully with all of us writing congress it will make a difference.

 

George

WD8NHI

 

 

 

 

September 17, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOU CAN HELP US

CHANGE THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF AMERICAN HAMS

 

The ARRL is focused on reducing legal restraints on the ability of American Amateur Radio Operators to engage in the active practice and enjoyment of Amateur Radio.

 

One of the most insidious and increasing threats to the survival of Amateur Radio and our ability to serve our communities and Nation, as we are required to do by Federal regulation, is the proliferation of private land use restrictions that prohibit the installation of outdoor antennas and that sometimes actually deny Federally licensed Amateurs from operating any amateur radios, regardless of where their antennas are located — in their attics, hidden in trees, or mounted on their vehicles.

 

Federal law — since 1996 — has guaranteed to every American — except Amateur Radio Operators — the right to erect antennas outside or on their residences for the purpose of TV reception, satellite TV and internet access, wireless internet access, and even wireless internet redistribution. But Amateur Radio operators are denied the equal right to erect comparable antennas.

 

Since 2005, Federal law has also guaranteed to every American the right to proudly display the American Flag by installing flagpoles in their yards. But, despite that right to install vertical poles in their yards — American Radio Amateurs are denied the right to use those vertical flagpoles as vertical antennas.

 

We believe the denial — to licensed Amateur Radio Operators — of the rights guaranteed to all non-Amateur Radio licensed American homeowners — the right to install antennas on the land they own — is without justification and should not be permitted to continue.

 

To eliminate these private land use restrictions, the ARRL has worked over the past several years with our elected officials to draft Congressional legislation — H.R. 1094 in the U.S. House of Representatives and S. 459 in the U.S. Senate — that, when passed will extend to all Hams the right to operate from their homes and the right to install antennas on the land they own. We have bipartisan support for this legislation.

 

BUT, WE NEED YOUR HELP TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION!!!

 

 

How can you help? By sending a letter to your Representative and Senators asking that they co-sponsor and support H.R. 1094 and S. 459.

 

How can you send these letters? It is easy.

 

Go to — https://send-a-letter.org/hoa/ — enter your call sign and click on “Send My Letters” and your letters will be delivered to our Washington legislative team for hand delivery to your Representative and Senators.

 

Does your individual letter matter? YES.

 

Your Representative and Senators need to know that the passage of this legislation is important to you.

 

Your letter could be the difference in whether we are able to pass H.R. 1094 and S. 459.

 

Go to — https://send-a-letter.org/hoa/ — and help us by sending your letters to your Representative and Senators.

 

 

For ease of access to https://send-a-letter.org/hoa/, point your phones at:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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