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I'm sure this brings a smile to some members

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DBCubix writes:

This week the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed The Ham
Radio
Parity Act -- a huge victory for grass-roots advocates of amateur radio.

This will allow for the reasonable accommodation of amateur radio antennas
in
many places where they are currently prohibited by homeowner associations
or
private land use restrictions... If this bill passes the Senate, we will
be one
step closer to allowing amateur radio operators, who provide emergency
communications services, the right to erect reasonable antenna structures
in
places where they cannot do so now.

The national ham radio association is now urging supporters to contact
their
Senators through a special web page. "This is not just a feel-good bill,"
said
representative Joe Courtney, remembering how Hurricane Sandy brought down
the
power grid, and "we saw all the advanced communications we take for
granted...completely
fall by the wayside."

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Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 19:34:00 -0400

This week the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed "The Ham
Radio
Parity Act" -- a huge victory for grass-roots advocates of amateur radio.

Slashdot reader bobbied reports: This will allow for the reasonable

accommodation of amateur radio antennas in many places where they are
currently
prohibited by homeowner associations or private land use restrictions...
If this
bill passes the Senate, we will be one step closer to allowing amateur
radio
operators, who provide emergency communications services, the right to
erect
reasonable antenna structures in places where they cannot do so now. The
national ham radio association is now urging supporters to contact their
Senators through a special web page. "This is not just a feel-good bill,"
said
representative Joe Courtney, remembering how Hurricane Sandy brought down
the
power grid, and "we saw all the advanced communications we take for
granted...completely
fall by the wayside."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/InT_cqyvjLU/the-ham-radio-parity-act-unanimously-passed-by-us-houseFull
article