[Towertalk] Deed restrictions - It's about camels and frogs

[Pete Smith]

At 08:33 PM 4/24/02 -0400, K4IA wrote:
>Compared to any one of these lobbies, ARRL is a QRPpp pip-squeak.  The three
>together can crush anything or anyone.  I suspect some powers in Congress
>have already been influenced (bought) and they told the FCC to lay off.  That
>is how it works here in Washington.  If ARRL is to have any hope at all, they
>will have to convince these powerful lobbies first, that preemption is not a
>threat and secondly, that ham antennas are not a bad thing.  We are not a
>camel -- only one cute little frog.  Good luck!


I was glad to see K4IA's message, which added some useful perspective to a 
pretty light-weight thread, but this last paragraph kind of threw me.

I don't think anyone should have been surprised that the FCC refused to 
extrapolate from the TCA of 96's preemption of DBS antenna restrictions, to 
apply the same logic to ham antennas.  But the precedent has already been 
set, so the broad issue of Federal pre-emnption of CCA's in discrete areas 
has already been resolved.  If and when the ARRL decides to take the ham 
antenna matter to Congress, I think it's unduly pessimistic to assume 
massive lobby opposition.

73, Pete N4ZR

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