[BVARC] 10 Interesting Facts about Nikola Tesla - YouTube

2017-07-27 Thread D. Howard Bingham via BVARC
10 Facts about Nikola Tesla that both new and OLD hams can appreciate. Your kids may find this interesting too.! 73 Howard Bingham KE5APJ -- D. Howard Bingham *Email: ke5...@earthlink.net 2722 Wisdom Drive *Email:

Re: [BVARC] Fwd: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators Supporting S 1534 - the Amateur Radio Parity Act

2017-07-27 Thread K5IZO via BVARC
That is true EXCEPT after ARRL's initial attempt which was reasonable, the HOA's got wind of it and created a ruckus. Then congress told both parties to come up with an agreement or there will be no action. That is when ARRL rolled over and completely capitulated to the HOAs and gave them

Re: [BVARC] Fwd: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators Supporting S 1534 - the Amateur Radio Parity Act

2017-07-27 Thread JP Pritchard via BVARC
The CEO of ARRL briefly addresses the "Parity" legislation in an article in the July issue of QST. "Mythbusting: ARRL Not A Big Radio Club." He says " The act is the best we can get passed after years of hard work by our volunteer board members ... we have a seat at the table ... If you

Re: [BVARC] Fwd: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators Supporting S 1534 - the Amateur Radio Parity Act

2017-07-27 Thread mark janzer via BVARC
Rather than using the ARRL language, on the fly, I rewrote their letter to this: (feel free to use or modify). As a constituent and one of more than 51,544 FCC - licensedAmateur Radio Operators in the State of Texas, I am writing to ask that you do not support S. 1534 in it's current form.It

Re: [BVARC] Fwd: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators Supporting S 1534 - the Amateur Radio Parity Act

2017-07-27 Thread John Chauvin via BVARC
Keith, et al, Indeed, this bill is a disaster and will certainly lead to the demise of amateur radio.Do indeed see the article on Page 3 of the October BVARC Newsletter (on the BVARC website). The ARRL started what was to be a good thing, but then capitulated to the HOAs on EVERY point and

[BVARC] S 1534 Link to PDF

2017-07-27 Thread Jon Noxon via BVARC
https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1534/BILLS-115s1534is.pdf ___ BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com

Re: [BVARC] Fwd: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators Supporting S 1534 - the Amateur Radio Parity Act

2017-07-27 Thread Rick Hiller via BVARC
Keith, Look at the BVARC newsletter October 2016. Article by Pete KD5QPX. Also many responses on the reflector but they are not available anymore on the archive. ARRL thinks it is the greatest thing since the invention of coax. You might talk to them too. 73.Rick > On Jul 27, 2017, at 2:48

[BVARC] Fwd: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators Supporting S 1534 - the Amateur Radio Parity Act

2017-07-27 Thread ke5ith via BVARC
I am sure many of you have seen this email from ARRL. I would like to hear comments from others on their thoughts on this bill. If I understand the bill correctly it still gives HOAs final say to antenna installation. I don't like that personally. It also requires you to notify the HOA if you