[PVRCNC] Fwd: NC Antenna Bill Approved by House Committee!

[Brad Hedges]

Bigger than what?
73,


Bradley D. Hedges

AL4T

Sergeant First Class, Infantry

82d Airborne Division

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From: pvrcnc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:pvrcnc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Kent Winrich
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:26 AM
To: PVRCNC
Subject: [PVRCNC] Fwd: NC Antenna Bill Approved by House Committee!

Does this mean I can put up a bigger tower in Harnett County????

Kent, K9EZ


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From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
Date: May 4, 2007 9:20 AM
Subject: NC Antenna Bill  Approved by House Committee!
To: kwinrich at gmail.com


Yesterday, the NC House Ways and Means Committee approved House Bill
1340, referring it to the full House.  H1340 is essentially a North
Carolina version of the FCC's rule PRB-1, which requires counties and
cities to provide reasonable accomodation for Amateur Radio antenna.
If the bill passes the full House, it will be sent to the state Senate
to replace a current Senate bill, S404 - a more narrowly crafted bill
covering only New Hanover County.  While H1340 doesn't add anything not
already covered by PRB-1, we think it's important that North Carolina
join the 23 other states who have placed PRB-1 accomodations into state
law.  Local city councils, county commissions and zoning boards
generally refer to state law when crafting zoning regulations, not FCC
regulations.  Former Wilmington Mayor, Ham Hicks, KB4HR, has been the
prime mover behind the bill and he testified before the House committee
yesterday.  Ham told the committee:  "This bill will help ensure that
zoning laws will reasonably accommodate the installation of antennas so
we can gain the useful communication so badly needed in times of
emergency."

H1340 is sponsored by Rep. Daniel McComas (R-New Hanover) and Rep.
Nelson Dollar (R-Wake).

Now, WE NEED YOUR HELP!  Please write or call your local state
representative and ask them to support this bill by becoming a
co-sponsor.  You can find your local representative at this site:

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/House/House.html

I will post a copy of the letter I'm sending at www.ncarrl.org if you'd
need an example.  A special thanks to Ham Hicks, KB4HR and Bill Morine,
N2COP for their efforts on this issue.

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