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The November 11, 2006 edition of Radio World has published a Commentary written by Don Schellhartd of Hams For Action.

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SAMPLE LETTER

FOR POSSIBLE USE BY ARRL MEMBERS

TO URGE ACTION,

AT ARRL’S JANUARY 2007 BOARD MEETING,

TO MAKE HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION (HOA) ANTENNA REFORM

A TOP PRIORITY FOR ARRL

PRELIMINARY NOTES:

1. The text below is a Sample Letter, designed for your possible use as a starting point in contacting the ARRL Directors and Vice-Directors for your Division. Feel free to add text, subtract text and/or re-write text completely. Put the message in your own words. This will be your letter, and it should reflect you.

2. Contact information for ARRL Directors and Vice-Directors is listed below the text of this Sample Letter.

[INSERT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS HERE]

[INSERT DATE HERE]

[INSERT NAME, ADDRESS AND CALL

SIGN OF DIRECTOR OF YOUR

ARRL DIVISION]

[INSERT NAME, ADDRESS AND

CALL SIGN OF VICE-DIRECTOR

OF YOUR ARRL DIVISION]

Dear Director [INSERT LAST NAME] and Vice-Director [INSERT LAST NAME],

I am [INSERT YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND CALL SIGN]. I understand the Winter Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors, in January of 2007, will feature an overall review of ARRL’s current legislative priorities. As a Member of ARRL, I strongly urge each of you to advocate, as part of this review, upgrading the priority of Homeowners’ Association (HOA) antenna reform.

I ask you to propose, or at the very least support, the following action by the Board:

  • · Elevate HOA antenna reform to a top priority for ARRL,
    • · comparable in importance to restraining Broadband Over
    • · Powerlines (BPL) -- and more important than enactment
    • · of the Spectrum Protection Act.
  • · With the BPL battle currently concentrated in the courts, the lion’s share of

ARRL’s budget for Congressional action should go to HOA antenna reform.

  • · I also hope ARRL representatives will meet with Representatives Steven Israel, D-NY, and Mike Ross, D-AR, to discuss whether modifications of the ARRL-endorsed Emergency Communications Consistency Act could make the bill the bill more politically “marketable” in 2007. Notable possibilities include: (a) providing more guidance in the bill for determining what constitutes “reasonable accommodation” of ham antennas by HOAs, rather than leaving the phrase to be defined, case-by-case, through costly and time-consuming litigation; and (b) limiting eligibility for the HOA antenna ban overrides to hams who have been certified as trained and active Emergency Communicators.
  • · Unlike BPL, total bans on outdoor ham antenna bans have a 100% “kill rate”. Progress on restraining BPL, or preserving Amateur Radio frequencies, is academic for hams who can’t even get on the airwaves. With HOAs now dominating 50% or more of all new housing in America, it is time for more vigorous action by ARRL on this issue.

Remember: More ham antennas = more ARRL Members.

73,

[INSERT YOUR NAME AND CALL SIGN HERE]

CONTACT INFORMATION

FOR ARRL DIRECTORS AND VICE-DIRECTORS

(E-Mail and Snail Mail Addresses)

The same information is also available at www.arrl.org

and/or in each edition of QST

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Bill Edgar N3LLR, Director

N3LLR@arrl.org

22 Jackson Avenue, Bradford, PA 16701

Tom Abernathy W3TOM, Vice-Director

W3TOM@arrl.org

P.O. Box 73, Accokeek, MD 20607

CENTRAL DIVISION

George R. Isely W9GIG, Director

W9GIG@arrl.org

736 Fellows Street, St. Charles, IL 60174

Howard S. Huntington K9KM, Vice-Director

K9KM@arrl.org

25350 North Marilyn Lane, Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047

DAKOTA DIVISION

Jay Bellows K0QB, Director

K0QB@arrl.org

997 Portland Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104

Twila Greenheck N0JPH, Vice-Director

N0JPH@arrl.org

3333 Owasso Heights Road, Shoreview, MN 55126

DELTA DIVISION

Henry R. Leggette WD4Q, Director

WDQ4@arrl.org

7335 Ginger Snap Cove, Memphis, TN

Karl Bullock WA5TMC, Vice-Director

WA5TMC@arrl.org

321 CR 458, Kipley, MS 38663

GREAT LAKES DIVISION

Jim Weaver K8JE, Director

[and also Acting Chair, ARRL Legislative Program]

K8JE@arrl.org

5065 Bethany Road, Mason, OH 45040-8130

Gary L. Johnson KI4LA, Vice-Director

KI4LA@arrl.org

3056 Hergott Drive, Edgewood, KY 41017

HUDSON DIVISION

Frank Fallon N2FF, Director

N2FF@arrl.org

30 East Williston Avenue, Williston, NY 11596

Joyce Birmingham KA2ANF, Vice-Director

KA2ANF@arrl.org

235 Van Emburgh Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ

MIDWEST DIVISION

Bruce Frahm K0BJ, Director

K0BJ@arrl.org

1553 County Road T, Colby, KS 67701

Vice-Director Post: Currently VACANT

NEW ENGLAND DIVISION

Tom Frenaye K1KI, Director

K1KI@arrl.org

P.O. Box J, West Suffield, CT 06093

Mike Raisbeck K1TWF, Vice-Director

K1TWF@arrl.org

85 High Street, Chelmsford, MA 01824

NORTHWESTERN DIVISION

Jim Fenstermaker K9JF, Director

K9JF@arrl.org

10312 N.E. 61st Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98682

William J. Sawders K7ZM, Vice-Director

K7ZM@arrl.org

51442 Mac Court, La Pine, OR 97739

PACIFIC DIVISION

Bob Vallio W6RGG, Director

W6RGG@arrl.org

18655 Sheffield Court, Castro Valley, CA 94546

Andy Oppel N6AJO, Vice-Director

N6AJO@arrl.org

1308 Burbank Street, Alameda, CA 94501-3946

ROANOKE DIVISION

Dennis Bodson W4PWF, Director

W4PWF@arrl.org

233 North Columbus Street, Arlington, VA 22203

Reverend Leslie Shattuck K4NK, Vice-Director

K4NK@arrl.org

3311 Keys Street, Anderson, SC 29624

Patricia Hensley N4ROS, Vice-Director Elect

pathensley@truvista.net

North Main Street

P.O. Box 70

Richburg, SC 29729

ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION

Warren G. “Rev” Morton WS7W, Director

WS7W@arrl.org

1341 Trojan Street Drive, Casper, WY 82609

Brian Mileshofsky N5ZGT, Vice-Director

N5ZGT@arrl.org

1021 Dakota Avenue SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108

SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION

Frank M. Butler Jr. W4RH, Director

W4RH@arrl.org

323 Elliot Road SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

Sandy Donohue W4RU, Vice-Director

W4RU@arrl.org

P.O. Box 29334, Atlanta, GA 30359

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION

Richard J. Norton N6AA, Director

N6AA@arrl.org

21290 West Hillside Drive, Topanga, CA 90290

Edward J. “Ned” Stearns AA7A, Vice-Director

AA7A@arrl.org

7038 Aster Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85254

WEST GULF DIVISION

Coy C. Day N5OK, Director

N5OK@arrl.org

20685 SW 29th Street, Union City, OK 73090-9726

Dr. David Woolweaver K5RAV, Vice-Director

K5RAV@arrl.org

2210 South 77 Sunshine Strip, Harlingen, TX 78550

OTHER ARRL OFFICIALS

Joel M. Harrison W5ZN, President

W5ZN@arrl.org

528 Miller Road, Judsonia, AR 72081

Kay C. Craigie N3KN, First Vice-President

N3KN@arrl.org

5 Faggs Manor Lane, Paoli, PA 19301

Rick Roderick K5UR, Vice-President

K5UR@arrl.org

P.O. Box 1463, Little Rock, AR 72203

Rodney Stafford W6ROD, International Vice-President

W6ROD@arrl.org

5155 Shadow Estates, San Jose, CA 95135

David Sumner K1ZZ, Chief Executive Officer

K1ZZ@arrl.org

ARRL Headquarters, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494

 

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