[TowerTalk] BILL in the HOUSE

[Lawrence Melby]

Be very careful of what they actually do and say. A few years ago the Dallas City Council modified thier antenna ordinance. We were assured that it was just to prevent someone from putting a tower in thier front yard. We took them at face vavlue. The problem is that the way it's worded and the way Dallas defines front yards actually prohibits towers in many locations in the city of Dallas. The city has taken the position that PRB-1 and Texas 250.002 (Texas PRB-1 statue) don't come into play. My recent application for a new tower has been rejected, If I want to file an appeal I have to pay $900 for the appeal and buy two signs @ $10 apiece. With the attitude I have encountered at the building dept and city attorney's office it's doubtful I would win the appeal and may have to turn to the courts. So we need to watch this very closely. It could be benifical or  it could a nightmare.

--- On Wed, 5/6/09, David Jordan <wa3gin at comcast.net> wrote:

From: David Jordan <wa3gin at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] BILL in the HOUSE
To: richard at karlquist.com, N7KA at comcast.net
Cc: "'Towertalk submit'" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 1:16 PM

Relax Rick,

This is about antenna towers...

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rick Karlquist
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 1:48 PM
To: N7KA at comcast.net
Cc: Towertalk submit
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] BILL in the HOUSE

And we already have a precedent for this, the 60 meter "band".
Brings to mind the War Emergency Radio Service (WERS) during
WW II.  All work, no play.  The last thing we need to do is
to change the Amateur service into a form of WERS.  (We have
MARS if you like that sort of thing).  BTW, why is MARS never
mentioned in these discussions?

Another slippery slope is the idea of getting various professional
emergency workers/first responders to get ham licenses, which they
will use while on the clock.  Brings to mind the ridiculous phrase
"paid volunteers".

Rick N6RK





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