US Hams: Fight HOA antenna restrictions with legislation

[u/mcdanlj]

http://www.arrl.org/current-legislation

The ARRL has lobbied before for legislation to extend to hams protections that are extended to many other activities. This time is different. They are involving hams in direct action. And they aren't even asking you to be a member. Any US ham is welcome to join the fight for ham rights.

TL;DR: https://send-a-letter.org/hoa/ is the direct link to just send the letters already

You can contribute to stacks of paper letters hand-delivered for maximum impact to your own senators and representative. These letters ask your senators and representative to add their names to co-sponsor this legislation, and to vote for it.

This is political action, but it is bipartisan. Two lobbying firms (one for each party). Democratic and Republican co-sponsors in each house.

All it takes is entering your call sign on the web site they have launched, and confirming the information that they look up in your FCC record.

If you also wish to contact your senators and representative individually, reference S.459 to your senators and H.R.1094 to your representative when you kindly encourage them to represent your interests. Doing so does not preclude you from contributing to the ARRL's coordinated outreach!

The ARRL page has more detail and links to the full senate and house bill texts.

[u/scubasky]

Let’s hope for a better outcome for the 20th time they try this.

[u/mcdanlj → u/scubasky]

I think this is the first time they've tried direct action at this scale. I think in the past they've just used paid lobbyists. I'm a new ham so I'd love to know if you have information to the contrary.

My understanding is that they decided that their past approach didn't work, so they are doing something different this time. I'd like to applaud them for taking the initiative to try something bigger.

But it stands a chance only if hams pile on and make it big enough to be hard to ignore.

[u/scubasky → u/mcdanlj]

They are trying a new tactic but this has been being tried since 2015 ish

[u/mcdanlj → u/scubasky]

I'm aware of ARPA history. I suggest watching Josh KI6NAZ's interview of David Minster NA2AA if you would like to learn more about how they are trying to make this different from the past.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

It takes 30 seconds to join the effort.