[SEDXC] FCC Seeks Comments on Impediments to Amateur Communications

[John Laney]

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?document=313370

Before you roll your eyes, wondering what this has to do with 
contesting, see
Question 2 on Page 3:

a. What private land use restrictions on residential antenna 
installations have
amateur radio operators encountered?  What information is available 
regarding
the prevalence of such restrictions?  What are the effects of 
unreasonable and
unnecessary restrictions on the amateur radio community's ability to use 
the
Amateur Radio Service?  Specifically, do these restrictions affect the 
amateur
radio community’s ability to respond to disasters, severe weather, and 
other
threats to lives and property in the United States?  What actions can be 
taken
to minimize the effects of these restrictions?

b. What criteria distinguish “unreasonable or unnecessary” private land use
restrictions from reasonable and necessary restrictions?  How do local
circumstances, such as neighborhood density or historic significance, 
affect
whether a private land use restriction is reasonable or necessary?  How 
does the
availability of alternative transmitting locations or power sources 
affect the
reasonableness of a particular private land use restriction?

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73,
Steve, N2IC
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