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From: Henderson, Dan N1ND
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 2:25 PM
To: Corey, Michael, KI1U
Subject: Please transmit to SECs ASAP
Dear ARRL Section Emergency Coordinators:
We need your assistance!
The FCC has released a Public Notice soliciting input for the
Congressional directed study of Amateur Radio Emergency Communications and
Impediments to the amateur's ability to provide those communications.
This is the ARRL-proposed study which we have been seeking for the last 3
years.
To assist the ARRL in gathering pertinent information for their comments
- and to spread the word to the Amateur community as quickly as possible,
I am asking that your please send the following to the various email
lists/distribution mechanisms in your sections.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! The FCC is only allowing 45 days for comments
and will be closed on May 17, 2012. In order to allow the ARRL to review
the comments from the members and include them in our comments, we have
set up the mechanism described below to allow quick input from members.
To allow us the time to compile this information we are asking the
information be provided to us by WEDNESDAY APRIL 25, 2012.
Thanks for your assistance in this project. We are in a position to try
and obtain some relief for those who live in deed-restricted / CC&R
limited communities. NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT!
Thanks and 73!
Dan Henderson, N1ND
Regulatory Information Manager
ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio
860-594-0236
dhenderson@arrl.org
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Do you live in a CC&R- restricted community or participate in EmCom
activities? Have deed restrictions / HOA covenants prevented you from
erecting amateur radio antennas? Have these restrictions prevented you
from full participation in emergency communications activities during
disasters?
If your answer is "Yes", ARRL needs to hear about your experience.
As you are probably aware, Congress has directed the FCC to conduct a
study of the uses and capabilities of Amateur Radio Service communications
in emergencies and disaster relief. The FCC was directed to identify "
impediments to enhanced Amateur Radio Service communications, such as the
effects of unreasonable or unnecessary private land use restrictions on
residential antenna installations". Finally, the study is to make
"recommendations regarding the removal of such impediments."
The FCC has issued a Public Notice - DA 12-523- soliciting input from the
public as part of their study. The ARRL is gathering comments from the
Amateur Radio community to present as part of its comments on the public
notice.
The ARRL is looking specifically for input in two specific areas:
* Recent Amateur Radio involvement in actual emergency communications
and disaster relief;
* Specific details about how CC&Rs and other private land use
restrictions have impaired licensed Amateurs to participate fully in these
disaster relief communications.
If your ability to participate in ARES, RACES, SKYWARN, CERT, or other
emergency and disaster relief communications has been limited because the
inability to have adequate antennas due to CC&Rs, you are asked to provide
that information to the ARRL.
First, we recommend that you prepare a narrative of your exact situation,
in as much detail as practical. Some areas for you to consider in writing
your story might be:
* Were there alternative properties without CC&Rs in the area you
wished to reside?
* What exactly does your CC&R allow / prohibit (please include a copy
of the specific wording)
* Have you applied for a waiver of the CC&R with the Home Owner's
Association / Architectural Review Committee but were denied? If so, what
was the reason?
To assist you in sharing your information with the ARRL, please visit the
special ARRL website built to allow you to readily provide the pertinent
information at www.arrl.org/ccr-study-information
This page will present you with an overview of what we are asking and
have links to the two forms for you to complete. Please be as factual as
you can with the information you provide and please provide only
information about events and activities in which you were directly
involved.
If you wish to write out the details of your situation in advance, please
do so. The, they can be either uploaded from the website or they can be
sent as an email attachment to an email sent to CCRinfo@arrl.org
Keep in mind that the FCC study does not apply to ordinances and zoning
laws implemented by the government - such as towns, cities or counties.
PRB-1 covers those situations.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! Congress directed that the FCC provide the
report back within 180-days and that clock is already counting. The FCC
is only accepting comments for a 45-day period, which will end May
17,2012. In order for the ARRL to collate your information in a common
report, we ask that you send in your information no later than WEDNESDAY
APRIL 25. If you need more information, please contact reginfo@arrl.org
The time to act is NOW!
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