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

[Kent Winrich]

I have heard that the Harnett county limit is like 35' or soemthing....

On 5/4/07, Brad Hedges <bhedges at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Bigger than what?
> 73,
>
>
> Bradley D. Hedges
>
> AL4T
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> Sergeant First Class, Infantry
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> 82d Airborne Division
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> -----Original Message-----
> 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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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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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