[ETSList] To ALL Radio Amateurs

[Drew_Moore]

Can you distribute this?
Thanks, Larry N2LS
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Frigid New England temperatures and a major snowstorm failed to
chill enthusiasm as the ARRL Board of Directors met January 21-22 in
Windsor, Connecticut, to tackle a lengthy agenda. ARRL President Jim
Haynie, W5JBP, chaired the gathering. Among the highlights of the
session was the Board's unanimous adoption of positions on six
initiatives for the 109th Congress. The list included a call for
''consistent application'' of the FCC's limited federal preemption
policy--PRB-1--to Amateur Radio antenna systems. The League wants
PRB-1 to apply to ''all types of land use regulations,'' public and
private. That would include deed covenants, conditions and
restrictions (CC&Rs).

''The American Radio Relay League seeks congressional instruction to
the FCC to extend its limited preemption policy governing
residential Amateur Radio antennas, so that private land-use
authorities cannot preclude, but must reasonably accommodate,
Amateur Radio communications in subdivisions and communities,'' the
Board resolved. After the FCC declined to include CCRs under the
PRB-1 umbrella, the League since 2002 has initiated bills in
Congress to accomplish the same end.