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[TowerTalk] Help, I thought I was out of the woods

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Help, I thought I was out of the woods
From: jimlux@earthlink.net (Jim Lux)
Date: Tue Jul 29 10:28:27 2003
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Vondrasek" <n5ito@davidv.net>
To: "Chuck Gooden" <CGooden@insightbb.com>; <Towertalk@contesting.com>
Cc: "Michael Hatzakis, Jr" <mike@hatzakis.net>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Help, I thought I was out of the woods


> At 11:26 PM 7/28/2003 -0500, Chuck Gooden wrote:
> >
> >
> >On 28 Jul 2003 at 23:25, Rick Smith wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Pound sand is right...THIS and our lawyer has helped us immensely.
> >>
> >> http://wireless.fcc.gov/siting/otard.html
> >
> >
> >Here is a partial quote of the above web site:
> >
> >"The rule applies to video antennas including direct-to- home
> >satellite dishes that are less than one meter (39.37") in diameter (or
> >of any size in Alaska), TV antennas, and wireless cable antennas. "
> >
> >Could someone please explain what a "wireless cable antennas" is,
> >or is this an example of regulation run amok?
>
> I'd thinks this works for ham ants...
>
> Also down the page,,
>
> On October 25, 2000, the Commission further amended the rule so that it
> also will apply to customer-end antennas that receive and transmit fixed
> wireless signals

Read the FCC filings.. somewhere there's a footnote that specifically
excludes ham antennas

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