[FLham] CC&R Bill

[bcarling at cfl.rr.com]

Many thanks for posting this.
Maybe I should not paint ARRL with the broad brush. 
I am glad to see them making efforts likethis.

I contacted my representative  immediately and it will 
be great to see what kind of result we can cacheive.

If they can get relief on CCIRs with the satellite dish antennas, 
then we certainly ought to be able to get something DONE 
about amateur radio antennas.  This nonsense has gone on 
for a long time.  

Now that they set up the DO NOT CALL list (which is one of 
the better things this admin has come up with) after years 
of suffering the pests on the telephone, we have hope 
that this battle can be won too.

73 to all - Brian, AF4K

On 24 Sep 2005 at 19:55, Radioguy wrote:

> AMATEUR RADIO ANTENNA "CC&R BILL" REINTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
> 
> New York Congressman Steve Israel has reintroduced legislation that could 
> make it easier for radio amateurs living in communities with deed 
> covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs) to erect suitable antennas. 
> Arkansas Congressman Mike Ross, WD5DVR, signed aboard as an original 
> cosponsor of the "Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act" 
> (HR 3876). ARRL Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon, N2FF, attended 
> Israel's public announcement of the bill September 19 on Long Island.
> 
> "Unfortunately if all new housing developments contain deed restrictions 
> forbidding outside antennas there will probably come a time when there will 
> not be enough ham radio operators to help their neighbors and countrymen," 
> said Fallon. He believes Israel's bill will help to ensure that Amateur 
> Radio will continue to be able to provide emergency communication should a 
> disaster occur.
> 
> Fallon, who heads up the League's grassroots lobbying initiative, noted the 
> bill's introduction comes in the immediate aftermath of positive media 
> coverage of Amateur Radio's response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. He 
> was on hand for Israel's public announcement, which took place at the home 
> of ARRL New York City-Long Island Emergency Coordinator Tom Carrubba, KA2D.
> 
> The one-sentence measure is identical to the text of the CC&R bill that has 
> been introduced in the last two sessions of Congress: "For purposes of the 
> Federal Communications Commission's regulation relating to station antenna 
> structures in the Amateur Radio Service (47 CFR 97.15), any private land 
> use rules applicable to such structures shall be treated as a state or 
> local regulation and shall be subject to the same requirements and 
> limitations as a state or local regulation." The measure would put private 
> land-use regulations, such as homeowners' association rules, on the same 
> legal plane as state or local zoning regulations under the FCC's PRB-1 
> limited federal preemption. PRB-1 now applies only to states and 
> municipalities.
> 
> ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, this week encouraged League members to 
> write their elected representative and ask that they cosponsor and support 
> the bill, especially given two hurricane emergencies in short order.
> 
> "Amateur Radio is certainly a part of this nation's communications 
> infrastructure," Haynie said. "What we're asking for is just a fair shake 
> so we can put up antennas and help our fellow citizens." While the League 
> has ramped up its efforts to educate members of Congress about Amateur 
> Radio, Haynie said lawmakers respond best to individual members.
> 
> HR 3876 has been assigned to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. 
> Information about the bill and a sample letter to use when contacting your 
> representative are available on the ARRL Web site 
> <http://www.arrl.org/govrelations/hr3876/>.
> 
> In his formal announcement this week, Israel said that "often unsung" 
> Amateur Radio volunteers were instrumental in helping residents in the 
> hardest hit areas in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, including saving 
> stranded flood victims in Louisiana and Mississippi.
> 
> "State and local governments, as well as disaster relief agencies, could 
> not possibly afford to replace the services that radio amateurs dependably 
> provide for free," said a statement from Israel's office. "However, the 
> hundreds of thousands of Amateur Radio licensees face burdensome 
> regulations that make it extremely difficult to provide their public services."
> 
> (Tnx ARRL Letter)
> 
> 
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