[Elecraft] HAM GATHERING SIGNATURES ON PETITION

[Tony Estep]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:

>
> ...Several years ago the FCC's OTARD (over the air
> reception device) ruling overturned restrictions against television
> antennas, satellite dishes, wireless internet antennas, etc.  The
> FCC (and any federal agency) has the authority..

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Yep. This has been the case for many years and QST has reports frequently
about this or that case wherein a ham's attorney has used the federal
regulation to overturn some local law and allow antenna construction. The
ARRL has an in-house legal adviser to help hams use the federal regs for
this purpose.

The specific purpose of at least one currently proposed petition is to
strengthen the existing protection that hams are supposed to have against
local legislation, by citing specific instances in which a ham's inability
to put up an antenna was deemed to have prevented effective emergency
communications. Our DX club recently asked members to send in specific
examples of this sort of clash, if they know of any.

Tony KT0NY

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