[SECC] FW: Amateur Radio Antenna "CC&R Bill" Reintroduced in Congress

[Scott Straw]

Friends,

I hate to be a contrary cuss, but I must offer a differing opinion regarding
how to reach a federal congressional representative.

My Senator, Tom Price, was interviewed recently on a radio discussion
program and he URGED his constituents to use e-mail, and AVOID the USPS.
His reasoning is simple.  E-mail is much faster, and a well composed and
written letter is just as effective electronically, as it is on paper (which
is how it will end up eventually).  Also, thanks to the Anthrax incidents,
all USPS mail inbound to a Representative or a Senator is sent to a remote
facility where it is visually inspected, x-rayed, and irradiated.
Traditional mail can take upwards of several weeks to actually reach the
desk of one of his assistants' assistants.

Decide for yourself, but whichever way you choose to contact your
representative, please do so.  What the bill proposes is not that radical,
and harms no one.  All it will do is require the Home Owners Associations
that have Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions to recognize PRB-1 as any
city, county, or state must.  HOA's can't supercede building codes for your
home, and they shouldn't be able to restrict reasonable accommodations for
ham antennas.

In my subdivision, which used a "boilerplate" CC&R so I'm sure it is the
same elsewhere, NO "outside" antennas are allowed, but "dish receivers" are
expressly permitted - go figure.  I think mine even goes so far as to
prohibit "transmitting" antennas.  These oppressive restrictions are beyond
unreasonable.

I will second Paul's second point.

Scott
KB4KBS



-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Paul Pescitelli
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 15:22
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Subject: [SECC] Amateur Radio Antenna "CC&R Bill" Reintroduced in
Congress


Amateur Radio Antenna "CC&R Bill" Reintroduced in Congress

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/09/23/7/?nc=1

Above is the link to the story. If you are living in a protected area,
please take the time to write your congressman. BUT.... Here is what
you should not do

1) DONT send an email, they just get ignored.
2) DONT send the sample form letter.


Take the 4-6 minutes to craft your own letter explaining in your own
words and send it via good ole' USPS. You might even consider sending
it certified. It shows that they received it and that you really do
care and just did not sign your name to someone elses efforts.

--
73 - Paul    K4UJ / FS, KP2, KP4, PJ6, PJ7,VP2E, ZF2UJ
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