[QCWA] QCWA -Important Information Requesting your Attention -- QCWA

Vic Culver vic.w4vic at verizon.net
Mon Sep 19 12:11:55 EDT 2016 

Ladies and gentlemen:  I'm passing along three messages, each a little 
different, but all exhorting you to step up and take action in the 
matter of the Amateur Radio Parity Act.  The act has now passed the 
House of Representatives and now is headed to the Senate for 
consideration.  I don't need to tell you of the importance of this 
legislation to Amateur Radio operators.  The benefits will trickle down 
to the entire population as disasters of one kind or another knock out 
ALL commercial communications, as has happened in the past.  This is our 
Amateur Radio Heritage, the privilege of a license to engage in 
world-wide communications, to benefit everyone in times of dire 
emergencies.  Out ability to do this has been demonstrated over and over 
again.  Passage of the legislation will do a little to level the 
legislative playing fields with respect to permitting the installation 
of antennas in locations where arbitrary rules and regulations now 
forbid such structures.  We're not necessarily talking big towers here, 
but simple wire antennas in our own yards are some of the relief we can 
expect should this legislation pass.  Please take the two or three 
minutes necessary to respond to my pleas and to those included below. 
Doing so would be good and responsible QCWA responsiveness to a serious 
situation afflicting so many of us.

Thank you for your positive action.  47 & 73,  Vic, W4VIC, Secretary, 
QCWA Chapter 119 Inc.
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Dear ARRL Members in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West
Virginia:

Amateur Radio needs your help.  Please take a few minutes to read
through this entire email, which will shape the future of Ham Radio.

This past Monday, an important first step in antenna relief took place
as the U.S. House of Representatives passed The Amateur Radio Parity
Act, HR1301.  The bill now goes to the U.S. Senate for a vote, and
that's where we need your help.  By now you should have received an
email from ARRL asking for you to click on a safe hyperlink and enter
your zip code, which will automatically send letters to your state's
two U.S. Senators asking for their vote for the Parity Act.  If HR1301
passes the Senate, it will then go to the President for his signature
and will become law.

Please help us in the effort.  It takes only a few minutes.  Please go
to this linked website and follow the prompts:


https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-senate-to-support-amateur-radio-parity-act


As elected officials of the ARRL, we are permitted only reach out to
members.  However, the use of this Rally Congress web link can be used
by anyone who desires to support this legislation.

This is the first federal antenna relief measure in 31 years since the
FCC issued the PRB-1 ruling.  If it becomes law, the Amateur Radio
Parity Act will permit licensed Amateur Radio operators to set up an
effective outdoor antenna in neighborhoods and subdivisions with
antenna restrictions.  Trade industry data suggest that up to half of
all Hams live in Home Owner Association (HOA) regulated housing.
Furthermore, upwards of three out of four new housing units are covered
by homeowner restrictions. Antenna restrictions have been an impediment
to operation for many radio operators, so please take a few minutes now
to generate letters to your U.S. Senators in support of HR1301.

Remember who will benefit from this legislation, in addition to those
that are currently impacted:

•       Older Hams who downsize or relocate to smaller housing
•       Operators who move into assisted living facilities
•       Hams who move into HOA restricted neighborhoods to take care
of an aging or disabled individual
•       Working or military Hams who are in short term housing
•       Youth who get an interest in Amateur Radio and want to become
licensed
•       Emergency communicators who can provide vital neighborhood
links with responders and government agencies

While you may not be currently impacted by antenna restrictions,
hundreds of thousands of Hams are.  Unless they get a chance to get on
the air, the number of licensed operators will diminish, and with that
the possible future of our hobby and public service.  Every ARRL member
needs to contact their U.S. senators now (PLEASE!).

Look for upcoming notices from us, your Section Managers, and the
www.arrl.org website.

Our thanks to the overwhelming number of ARRL members who contacted
their U.S. House Representatives to help get HR1301 passed!

73,
Dr. Jim Boehner, N2ZZ
ARRL Roanoke Division Director

Bill Morine, N2COP
ARRL Roanoke Division Vice Director

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ARRL Roanoke Division
Director: James F Boehner, N2ZZ
n2zz at arrl.org
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Dear ARRL member,

I am writing to you today because we are at a crossroad in our efforts to
obtain passage of The Amateur Radio Parity Act.

Our legislative efforts scored a major victory in our campaign when The
Amateur Radio Parity Act , H.R. 1301, passed in the House of
Representatives yesterday, September 12 th . The legislation now moves to
the Senate, where we need every Senator to approve the bill.

You are one of over 730,000 licensed Amateur Radio Operators living in the
United States. Many of you already live in deed-restricted communities, and
that number grows daily.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL HAMS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS!

? If you want to have effective outdoor antennas but are not currently
allowed to do so by your Home Owner?s Association, SEND THESE EMAILS TODAY!!

? If you already have outdoor antennas, but want to support your fellow
hams, SEND THESE EMAILS TODAY!!

? If you want to preserve your ability to install effective outdoor
antennas on property that you own, SEND THESE EMAILS TODAY!!

We need you to reach out to your Senators TODAY! Right away .

Help us in the effort. Please go to this linked website and follow the
prompts:

https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-senate-to-
support-amateur-radio-parity-act

Thank you.

73,
Rick
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Rick Roderick, K5UR
President
ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio ?
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Subject: Re: [PVRC] Couldn't be easier: E-mail Your Senators
	Supporting the Amateur Radio Parity Act

And get your family and friends to use the link too!  If each of us gets 
3 others to use the link....

On Sep 14, 2016 10:30 AM, <donovanf at starpower.net> wrote:

  > I went to the link below and the process could not be easier, the 
entire process takes just a few seconds.
  >
  >
  >
  > https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-senate-to-
  > support-amateur-radio-parity-act
  >
  >
  >
  > The letter looks fine as written, there's no need to modify it 
although that's very easy to do too.
  >
  >
  > Please take the time to do this. It may be a "canned" letter but
  > hearing from hundreds if not thousands of constituents
  > may get your senator's attention.

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