Thank you Michael for your support and for supporting the Amateur Radio
Parity Act of 2015 (HR-1301). 

Ron, K8HSY



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Subject: Re: Please support the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015

Hi, consider it done. 
I will be sharing this with the rest of my team members. 
Thank you.=C2=A0 

Michael Dane: W7ALX.
Director: Mobile Emergency Communications Response: 
City of Depoe Bay, Or. USA.

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On Mar 11, 2015, 10:16 AM, at 10:16 AM, "Dr. Ronald E. Milliman]\\`"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>PLEASE SUPPORT US HOUSE BILL HR-1301!
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>What is US House Bill HR-1301=3F
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>It is the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 identified as H.R.1301. This 
>bill has been introduced in the US House of Representatives, and 
>directs the FCC to extend its rules relating to reasonable 
>accommodation of Amateur Service communications to private land use 
>restrictions. US Rep Adam Kinzinger
>(R-IL) introduced the bill on March 4 with 12 original co-sponsors from 
>both sides of the aisle -- seven Republicans and five Democrats.
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>If Congress approves the legislation, and it is signed by the 
>president, H.R. 1301 would require the FCC to amend its Part 97 Amateur 
>Service rules to apply the three-part test of the PRB-1 federal 
>pre-emption policy to include homeowners' association regulations and 
>deed restrictions, often referred to as "covenants, conditions, and 
>restrictions" (CC&Rs). At present, PRB-1 only applies to state and 
>local zoning laws and ordinances.
>The FCC has been reluctant to extend the same legal protections to 
>include such private land-use agreements without direction from 
>Congress; thus, the dire need for passage of this vital legislation.
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>Presently, H.R. 1301 has been referred to the House Energy and Commerce 
>Committee. A fellow ham, Rep Greg Walden, W7EQI, Republican from 
>Oregon, chairs that panel's Communications and Technology Subcommittee, 
>which will consider the measure.
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>We are a fraternity of radio Amateurs (hams) who provide, on a 
>volunteer basis, public service, emergency, and disaster relief 
>communications using radio stations located in our residences. Our 
>services cost taxpayers nothing. They are provided at no cost to any 
>served agency or to any government entity. FEMA has stated that when 
>Amateur Radio operators are needed in an emergency or disaster, they 
>are really needed and are often the only source of reliable 
>communications.
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>In such situations, FCC licensed radio amateurs serve agencies such as 
>the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Federal Emergency 
>Management Agency, and the Department of Defense. Radio amateurs engage 
>in disaster relief planning exercises and emergency communications 
>certification courses to guarantee the emergency availability of a 
>cadre of trained radio operators throughout the United States.
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>Land use restrictions that prohibit the installation of outdoor antenna 
>systems are the largest threat to Amateur Radio emergency and public 
>service communications. They are escalating quickly and exponentially. 
>An outdoor antenna is critical to the effectiveness of an Amateur Radio 
>station.
>Too
>often in recent years, Amateur Radio antennas have been expressly 
>prohibited in residential areas by private land use regulations.
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>What Will HR 1301 Do and Not Do=3F
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>Most importantly, it will ensure that every ham in the US, regardless 
>of the community they live in, will have the opportunity to practice 
>their avocation from their own homes without breaking any rules or fear 
>of reprisal
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>If enacted it would direct the FCC to extend the reasonable 
>accommodation protections to those amateurs who are living in 
>deed-restricted communities.
>Known as "CC&Rs" (covenants, conditions and restrictions) these are the 
>prohibitions and limitations placed on properties by builders or 
>home-owner associations (HOAs) which prevent licensed Amateurs from 
>erecting even modest antennas.
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>The Amateur Radio Parity Act would not give Amateurs "carte blanche" to 
>do whatever they wished. It would require HOAs and other private land 
>use regulations to extend reasonable accommodation to Amateurs wishing 
>to erect antennas.
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>House Members Currently Supporting HR-1301
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>Adam Kinzinger from Illinois (the sponsor of HR 1301)
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>Joe Courtney (CT - co-sponsor)
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>Jeff Fortenberry (NE - co-sponsor)
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>Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ - co-sponsor)
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>Morgan H. Griffith (VA - co-sponsor)
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>Steve Israel (NY - co-sponsor)
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>  Lynn Jenkins (KS - co-sponsor)
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>Peter T. King (NY - co-sponsor)
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>  Grace F. Napolitano (CA - co-sponsor)
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>David E. Price (NC - co-sponsor)
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>Paul Tonko (NY - co-sponsor)
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>Tim Walberg (MI - co-sponsor)
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>Steve Womack (AR - co-sponsor)
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>Your Immediate Action is Needed!
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>You are urged to contact your Representative to the US House of 
>Representatives and ask him to sign on to the bill as a co-sponsor. All 
>you need to do is to identify yourself, and tell the aid that answers 
>the phone that you are calling to urge him/her to become a co-sponsor 
>to the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015, otherwise titled HR-1301. When 
>I called, I also delineated the point that federally licensed radio 
>amateurs are often a vital means of communications in emergency 
>situations, and this act would allow radio amateurs to erect reasonable 
>antennas in otherwise restricted areas By requiring the FCC to amend 
>its Part 97 Amateur Service rules to include homeowners' association 
>regulations and deed restrictions. At present, PRB-1 only applies to 
>state and local zoning laws and ordinances.
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>It will only take you a few minutes to make this extremely important 
>call.
>To find your Representative's contact information, simply go to this 
>website and go down the page until you come to where you can type in 
>your zip code, and your Representative's name will come up and you can 
>click on his/her name to go to their website to find his/her phone 
>number. Sometimes you can just click on a contact form and fill it out:
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>http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
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>Even if you, personally, are not directly affected by such antenna 
>restrictions, I urge you to make this call to help and support those 
>thousands of other radio amateurs who are prohibited from erecting 
>outside antennas where they live; besides, just because it might not 
>affect you today, doesn't mean it might not sometime in the future.
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>Ron Milliman, K8HSY
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>Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
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>Retired Professor of Marketing
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>President: Millitronics, Inc. (millitronics.biz)
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>President: A3 Business Solutions (a3businesssolutions.com)
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>President: M&M Properties
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>President: South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind (SCKCB.ORG)
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