[HamTips] Fwd: Urgent Call to Action -- S. 1685 (Amateur Radio Parity Act)

[Bob Witte (K0NR)]

HamTips (New Ham) list:

I don't usually forward political stuff but this one relates directly to 
ham radio.
It's also one where hams in Colorado can make a difference.
I called Senator Gardner's office this morning as instructed below.
I even got to talk to a live person...kind of refreshing!

73, Bob K0NR


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Subject: 	Urgent Call to Action -- S. 1685 (Amateur Radio Parity Act)
Date: 	Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:38:33 -0500 (EST)
From: 	ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
To: 	bob at k0nr.com



Greetings --

This is a crucial call to action for all ARRL members and amateur radio
operators across Colorado.

The United States Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
has scheduled an executive session next Wednesday, November 18, to mark
up several bills that it is reviewing.  We have just learned that the
Senate version of the Amateur Radio Parity Act (S. 1685) is among them.
  A committee markup is the key formal step a committee ultimately takes
for a bill to advance, in this case, to the full Senate floor, which
would be a tremendous milestone towards its ultimate passage.

Colorado's Senator Cory Gardner sits on this very Senate committee and
he needs to hear an abundance of support from his constituents, urging
him to vote in favor of this bill to advance it next Wednesday.
Opposition to this legislation, led by an organization that lobbies on
behalf of homeowners associations and is contacting Senate offices
themselves, is underway.  ARRL leadership is working with offices of
the Senators on this committee to counter the deliberate misinformation
they are no doubt receiving.  Of vital importance at this stage is hams
-- such as yourself, whether you are hampered by property covenants,
conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) or not -- lighting up Senator
Gardner's phone switchboard and/or inbox, kindly urging him to pass
this legislation.

There are presently 16,023 licensed amateur radio operators across
Colorado -- constituents of Senator Gardner -- who would benefit from
the regulatory parity and uniformity that S. 1685, the Amateur Radio
Parity Act, would provide across the amateur radio community.

Please simply contact Senator Gardner's office by telephone (this is
the most effective method) and/or e-mail his office with the following
simple message:

"I am a constituent and a federally licensed amateur radio operator. I
am contacting you to urge Senator Gardner to support S. 1685, the
Amateur Radio Parity Act, when it comes up for a vote in committee on
November 18th. Thank you."

Senator Gardner's office number in Washington, D.C. is 202-224-5941.
He can also be emailed at
http://www.gardner.senate.gov/contact-cory/email-cory  Select
"Communications" from the appropriate drop-down menu, and don't forget
to include your callsign in your email.

We've worked so hard to get to this point.  Here is our opportunity to
get the Amateur Radio Parity Act onto the Senate floor and positioned
for passage.  Please call and/or write Senator Gardner's office right
away.

(Please distribute this email broadly across the Colorado amateur radio
community right away.)

Thank you and 73,
Brian Mileshosky N5ZGT
ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division

Dwayne Allen WY7FD
ARRL Vice-Director, Rocky Mountain Division

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