[K3CAL] Fw: HR-4969

[Edwin A Noell Jr]

It's better to do it by e-mail.  With all the scanning snail mail goes 
through in the congressional mail rooms, it takes months to get through.

This advice comes directly from a congressional website.

Ed
KC3AEN


On 08/15/2014 09:09 AM, Rich Weaver wrote:
> *Subject:* HR-4969
> Pass this along to other Hams you know.
> HR-4969
> This is easy...*Do It.*
> Print it, sign it, mail it.
> /Add your call sign/
> It costs only a first class stamp.
>
>
>   Find Your Representative
>
>
>   http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
>
> /Sample letter from ARRL;/
> /Mail it to:/
>
> *Where should I send my letter to my Congressperson?**-* 
> <http://www.arrl.org/hr-4969#>
>
> To expedite delivery of your letter once you have printed it out and 
> signed it, you should mail your letter to:
>
> ARRL
>
> Attn: HR 4969 letter campaign
>
> 225 Main St
>
> Newington, CT 06111
>
> Dear Representative ___________________________________
>
> As a constituent and a licensed Amateur Radio operator in your 
> district, I am writing asking that you support HR 4969 -- /The Amateur 
> Radio Parity Act of 2014/ -- and request that you become a co-sponsor 
> for this legislation.
>
> For over 30 years the FCC and Congress have repeatedly acknowledged 
> the "strong Federal interest" in effective Amateur Radio 
> communications.The FCC found that municipalities often unreasonably 
> restricted Amateur Radio antennas in residential areas.In its 
> declaratory ruling now codified at 47 C.F.R. §97.15(b) -- the FCC 
> determined that:
>
> /"Except as otherwise provided herein, a station antenna structure may 
> be erected at heights and dimensions sufficient to accommodate amateur 
> service communications. (State and local regulation of a station 
> antenna structure must not preclude amateur service communications. 
> Rather, it must reasonably accommodate such communications and must 
> constitute the minimum practicable regulation to accomplish the state 
> or local authority's legitimate purpose."/
>
> HR 4969 will extend limited reasonable accommodation provisions to 
> include all types of land use regulations, including preclusive 
> homeowner's association regulations and restrictive covenants.The FCC 
> has jurisdiction to provide these protections when there is a conflict 
> with Federal policy.This was established when, at Congress' 
> instructions, it enacted regulations that preempted municipal and 
> private land use regulation over satellite dish antennas and 
> television broadcast receive antennas in residences.
>
> HR 4969 will provide a basis for radio Amateurs to negotiate 
> reasonable accommodation for at least minimal outdoor Amateur Radio 
> antennas with their homeowners' association. This legislation is 
> critically important to me and to the hundreds of other federally 
> licensed Amateur Radio operators residing in your district.Please 
> sign-on as a co-sponsor of HR 4969.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
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