[CVCC_Members] Fwd: A Call to Action for all Roanoke Division ARRL Members!

[rsmorris70]

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Subject: 	A Call to Action for all Roanoke Division ARRL Members!
Date: 	Tue, 13 Sep 2016 23:29:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: 	ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
To: 	rsmorris70 at gmail.com



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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