[ETS/PARC List] Hard Copy Letter Template for HR-1301 Letter to Your Congressman/woman

[drew Moore]

Subject: Hard Copy Letter Template for HR-1301 Letter to Your Congressman/woman

Good day,

Let me first apologize as I realize that my constant emails regarding
HR-1301 may be annoying to some of you.  However, please be aware that
this issue is moving very quickly.  As of this morning, we have 32
names on board HR-1301, and we add more each time Congress is in
session.

The following Representatives have already signed-on as a co-sponsor,
so please do not send the following email to them.  Instead, send them
a short thank you note for adding their support to HR-1301 and Amateur
Radio.  These members are:

Peter King (NY-2)
Steve Israel (NY-3)
Eliot Engel (NY-16)
Paul Tonko (NY-20)
Chris Collins (NY-27)
Chris Smith (NJ-4)
Leonard Lance (NJ-7)
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)

The emails I've asked you to send are very important to us.  Hard-copy
letters are equally so.  In our meetings with Congressional members or
their staffers, we are constantly asked for input from their
constituencies.  There are 435 Representatives, and the small band of
merry men and woman who are making these visits often speak to
representatives way outside our home Congressional district.  These
letters help establish our credentials in our talks.

We are urging members to contact their US House members and ask them to
sign on to the bill as a co-sponsor.   Due to the fact that we want
these letters in hand when we visit, and knowing that it takes an
extremely long time for snail-mail to get through the system, we
recommend sending the letter to your member of Congress to:

ARRL
Attn  HR 1301 grassroots campaign
225 Main St
Newington CT 06111

Besides the email I asked you to send, please complete and send this
letter as soon as possible.  Congress is on hiatus for the Easter break
and will not be back in session until April 14th.  This is the perfect
time to get these letters to ARRL HQ so that we can use them when we
next visit D.C.

If you don’t know your Congressman/woman, use this link.  

http://www.house.gov/representatives/

Enter your zip code in the upper right hand corner and hit enter.  You
may need your zip code plus four to get the correct information.

Please use the following template when writing your letter:

AND PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE send the letter.

Tnx es 73 de Mike N2YBB

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DATE

CONGRESSPERSON NAME
CONGRESSPERSON ADDRESS

Dear Representative _____________:
 
I am a constituent in your District and I want to bring an issue to
your attention. I am a federally licensed Amateur Radio operator, one
of nearly three-quarters of a million licensees of the Federal
Communications Commission in the United States.

We provide communications support for, and participate in public
service events on behalf of our communities. During and in the
aftermath of disasters and emergencies, when other forms of
communications are unavailable, we provide communications for first
responders and Federal, state and local governmental agencies and
non-governmental agencies, including the Red Cross and Salvation Army;
for the United States Military through the Military Auxiliary Radio
System (MARS); and to our neighbors when communications systems are
overloaded or fail. Radio Amateurs contribute to the future of
telecommunications as we participate in the development of innovative
technology in this digital age. Amateur Radio is non-commercial, and we
provide our services at no charge to anyone. 

We cannot do any of these things, however, unless we can erect an
outdoor antenna at our residences. 

Recently, a bi-partisan Bill, H.R. 1301 - “The Amateur Radio Parity
Act”, was introduced by Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) with
Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and eleven additional original
co-sponsors.  HR 1301 directs the FCC to extend their existing PRB-1
regulations of “reasonable accommodation” of Amateur Radio
communications to include private land use regulators. This would
afford us the ability to negotiate with homeowner’s associations in
residential developments. Private land use regulations routinely
include restrictions that completely preclude Amateur Radio
communications operators from installing any type of outdoor antenna
system. The “reasonable accommodation” policy has for 30 years
applied to municipal zoning ordinances. This Bill would extend the
policy to operators living under private land use restrictions. The FCC
has asked Congress for guidance in this area and this Bill provides it.
 
As your constituent, I am asking that you support the bill by
signing-on as a cosponsor. Please contact Rep. Kinzinger’s office to
do so. If you have any questions, please contact ARRL, the national
association for Amateur Radio, attention Dan Henderson, at
860.594.0236. Thank you. 


Sincerely,

YOUR NAME & CALL
YOUR  ADDRESS

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ARRL Hudson Division
Director: Mike Lisenco, N2YBB
n2ybb at arrl.org
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