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CAI comments on HR 1301
Thanks to HamRadioNow.tv and its posting in rec.radio.info (Message-ID:
) for the information about the comments made by the Community Associations Institute (an umbrella group for HOAs) to the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology about HR 1301, the Amateur Radio Parity Act. I downloaded CAI's statement from their website (it's also available on house.gov), and I just wrote to Rep. Anna Eshoo, who is on the full House Energy and Commerce Committee that will next review HR 1301, and who represents my part of the San Francisco Peninsula. The CAI is proposing seven amendments to the bill. While some of them look quite good, two are concerning: 3. Association authority to establish written rules concerning safety, height, location, size, and installation requirements for external antennas, towers, or other apparatus necessary for carrying on amateur service communications; 4. Accommodation of the interests of all homeowners and residents, including those of an amateur services licensee, in establishment of any written rule related, but not limited to, sight easements, interference with air, light, and open space, or the permitted height of principal structures in relation to external antennas, towers, or other apparatus necessary for carrying on amateur service communications; In my comments to Rep. Eshoo, I urged her to question those two proposed amendments. ("Interference with air"--what does that even mean???) Wherever a local (town/city/county/state) government has instituted laws/regulations to implement PRB-1, any HOA rules, CC&Rs, etc. should copy those regulations. If no such local guidance exists, I think HOAs should be required to consult with the ARRL, which has decades of technical and legal experience in integrating amateur radio antennas into communities. Here is a full list of Energy and Commerce Committee members: https://energycommerce.house.gov/abo...mittee-members Even if your local House member isn't on it, you could still send your thoughts about HR 1301 to the League for forwarding to appropriate House members. They even suggest that you route written letters through them: http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-parity-act Patty |
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