{"id":21423,"date":"2016-09-18T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T14:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=21423"},"modified":"2016-09-18T10:15:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T14:15:16","slug":"the-ham-radio-parity-act-passes-u-s-house-of-representatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/the-ham-radio-parity-act-passes-u-s-house-of-representatives\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ham Radio Parity Act passes U.S. House of Representatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SX-99-Dial\"<\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, A. Black, who shares the following article from Slashdot<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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 readerbobbied<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

This will allow for the reasonable accommodation of amateur radio antennas in many places where they are currently prohibited<\/a> 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.<\/i><\/p>\n

The national ham radio association is now urging supporters to contact their Senators through a special web page<\/a>. “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.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Earlier this week, I used the ARRL application mentioned<\/a> to contact my senators regarding this bill–it took perhaps two minutes to complete. I had also previously contacted our representative regarding the bill.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reminding me to post this news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, A. Black, who shares the following article from Slashdot: 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 readerbobbied reports: This will allow for the reasonable accommodation of amateur radio antennas in many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43],"tags":[5147,2011,4102,5479],"class_list":["post-21423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-antenna-deed-restrictions","tag-arrl","tag-ham-radio","tag-ham-radio-parity-act"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5zx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19332,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/arrl-reaches-agreement-with-national-association-of-homeowners-associations\/","url_meta":{"origin":21423,"position":0},"title":"ARRL reaches agreement with national association of homeowners associations","author":"Thomas","date":"June 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Marty, who writes: Hi Thomas, I just came across this interesting new item about ARRL reaching agreement with Homeowners national association on antenna restrictions: http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/arrl-community-associations-institute-find-common-ground-on-parity-act-language Regards, Marty [Excerpt from ARRL new item] [The]\u00a0ARRL did not have the final language for the substitute amendment until\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antennas"","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ARRL","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ARRL.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ARRL.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ARRL.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38464,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/ieee-spectrum-is-ham-radio-a-hobby-a-utilityor-both\/","url_meta":{"origin":21423,"position":1},"title":"IEEE Spectrum: “Is Ham Radio a Hobby, a Utility\u2026or Both?”","author":"Thomas","date":"July 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post readers who have shared a link to the following article that follows the debate and discussion over an FCC proposal--RM-11831 (PDF)--to \u201cReduce Interference and Add Transparency to Digital Data Communications.\u201d The IEEE article, written by Julianne Pepitone, covers both sides of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icom-IC-7300-Front.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icom-IC-7300-Front.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icom-IC-7300-Front.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icom-IC-7300-Front.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":58111,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/radio-waves-bbc-emergency-service-for-gaza-fcc-bolstering-amateur-radio-and-crowdsourcing-the-ionosphere\/","url_meta":{"origin":21423,"position":2},"title":"Radio Waves: BBC Emergency Service for Gaza, FCC Bolstering Amateur Radio, and Crowdsourcing the Ionosphere","author":"Thomas","date":"November 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0Enjoy! 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