[TowerTalk] PRB-1 one win, one loss

thompson@mindspring.com thompson@mindspring.com
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:42:02 -0400


PRB-1 came up a winner in California as the PRB-1 bill is moving through the
California
Legislature.  But in Seminole County Florida The ARRL is expressing
disappointment at a recent US Appeals Court ruling in a four-year-old
Florida Amateur Radio tower case. The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh
Circuit on May 31 affirmed a lower-court ruling against Lenard Persin,
WB4HZQ, in his efforts to erect an 80-foot repeater and HF remote base tower
in his side yard in Seminole County.

"We are disappointed with the Court's ruling, which runs contrary to the
clear and unambiguous meaning of the FCC's PRB-1 preemption decision," said
ARRL Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ. The Eleventh Circuit
ruling was doubly troubling because the ARRL had agreed to fund Persin's
appeal in the case.

WB4HZQ has received a permit for the 35 foot tower, but He is afraid the
ruling means the end of PRB-1 unless the FCC add more teeth.

(Thanks to the ARRL Letter June 30, 2000).

Dave K4JRB



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