[MIham] PRB-1 IN MICHIGAN

Fri, 12 Apr 2002 00:39:30 -0400

Attention all Ham's=20

>From Tom VanderMel KB8VEE  e mail [email protected] or [email protected]
Home Phone is (231) 865-1558 Cell phone is (231) 206-0422

April 11, 2002

Attention Amateur Radio Operators, Affiliated and Special Service Clubs: =

A battle is about to be waged over the future of amateur radio =
operations in Michigan and this is a Call To Arms! Cities and counties =
all over the United States, including Michigan, have been passing laws =
prohibiting or severely restricting the erection of amateur radio =
towers. We must not allow this to continue here in Michigan.=20

In 1998, Virginia was the first and only state to pass a specific tower =
protection bill. Prior to that, five other states passed lesser generic =
bills. Now we have sixteen states that have codified PRB-1 in their =
state legislatures with our neighbors in Wisconsin being the latest.=20

The states with local PRB-1 protection are Alaska, Florida, Idaho, =
Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, =
Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and =
Wyoming=20

Michigan hams have no such protection, but that's about to change. The =
Michigan Section Leadership has formed a Work Group to forge ahead and =
get an antenna bill passed in our state. We cannot do this alone, it is =
a monumental project and we need help.

Individuals that would like to help should contact me, but most =
importantly we need the help of all of our Affiliated and Special =
Service Clubs. We need a commitment to see this through. Clubs can help =
by making information available to their membership and when the time is =
right to send letters of support to our legislators. Clubs can help by =
turning out members to attend committee sessions in Lansing in a show of =
support. A similar bill in Tennessee was just defeated due to lack of =
support.

I appeal to every one of you to help us in this effort. Our ability to =
erect antennas and operate on our bands will be seriously jeopardized if =
we do nothing.

I can be contacted at [email protected] or at 313 730-2111 and I will put =
you in touch with our Work Group.

Dick Mondro, W8FQT
ARRL, Michigan Section Manager

Please visit our website at:
http://www.arrl.org/sections/MI.html
or
http://www.msp.state.mi.us/division/emd/staff.html

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