On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:18:13 EDT, KC4UAI wrote:

I so wish that the FCC could be persuaded to reconsider us hams in
their limited preemption of CC&R's and give us the same standing as TV
antennas and satellite dishes.

They can be persuaded the same way that the OTARD (TV antenna and
satellite dishes) got covered -- the big money went to The Congress
and "persuaded" them to pass a law directing the FCC to exercise
preemptive jurisdiction.

At the last go-around visiting the issue, the FCC said in several
words that until such "direction" comes about with the ham community,
they will do nothing. Every time that such a bill is introduced into
The Congress, it goes nowhere.

Lest I be called an apologist, during my years on the FCC staff I
ticked off my non-ham boss when I stood up for the ham community's
needs every time. In retirement I "earn my keep" as an ARRL Volunteer
Counsel by assisting amateur licensees in "bringing the light" to
those municipalities over which the FCC's PRB-1 can exercise
preemptive jurisdiction.
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
ARRL Volunteer Counsel

email: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net