[GreenKeys] FW: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators Supporting S 1534 - the Amateur Radio Parity Act

[Richard Knoppow]

    It may be surprising for many people to look at the covenants on 
their homes. Even though the terms of the covenants have become illegal 
they are still there in print: no sales to Jews, Blacks or other 
"colored people" and other minorities. Many of us now find these 
requirements odious and reprehensible but in the dim and maybe not so 
distant past many would not buy property not covered by something of the 
sort. So we still allow restrictions on having anything higher than the 
eves of of the house or painting in other than approved colors or maybe 
having certain kinds of plants. These people will always scream about 
their "rights" but what they consider their rights are the right to 
restrict other people's rights. All too often what some people consider 
their "liberty" is the power to restrict other people's power over their 
own lives. That's called license, its not liberty or freedom.
    To keep this program on the air donate to the cause. send your 
dollars to me, I will spend them having liberty and freedom.
    I promise no more political haranguing.

On 7/26/2017 5:06 PM, Jeffrey Angus wrote:
> On 7/26/17 5:01 PM, Jack wrote:
>> The ARRL has been trying for years to get the government to support
>> less-stringent rules about Ham antennas in areas where “covenants
>> and restrictions” limit, or completely prohibit, antennas. 
> And now, for a probably unpopular opposing view point.
> 
> I've heard all sorts of excuse about why one would chose to live in a HOA
> or CC&R controlled house. But the bottom line is that these restrictions are
> there for a reason. "Keep 'those people' out of here." And the reason you
> want to live there is you don't want "those people" for neighbors.
> "Those people" are, pick your poison, minorities, gypsies, white trash etc.
> I have news for you, as amateur radio people, we are also "those people."
> 
> Online forums and QST, the "official journal of the ARRL" have for the past
> 20 years or so consistently published articles on how you can circumvent
> the contract you knowingly signed and erect some sort of stealth antenna.
> Bird houses and flag poles are two of the more popular ones.
> 
> Of course, never one to let a good tragedy go to waste, the big excuse now
> is "emergency" communications. Despite that 95% of hams have nothing to
> do with ARES or RACES and 95% of "emergency" communications take part
> on VHF and UHF frequencies, this whole thing is about being allowed HF
> antennas. An overwhelming portion of the United States does NOT have HOA
> and CC&R issues. Let them deal with the 1/4% of HF "emergency" traffic and
> stop acting like you're the only one in existence and have to have that  
> radio
> version of the dead pickup truck on blocks in your driveway.
> 
> Jeff
> Licensed since 1968.
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Richard Knoppow
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