Now Is The Time For All Good Hams To Come To The Aid Of Their Radio Service!
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HERE To Read the ARRL Webstory about HR 462
All amateurs are urgently requested to write letters to their US Representative. These letters are to ask them to cosponsor HR 462, the
current Bill in the US House of Representatives that would protect Amateur Radio from interference from unlicensed devices -- e.g. various
Part 15 devices and BPL. The Bill is in Committee and your letter will help move it to the floor of the House.
Your letter and the letters of thousands of other amateurs will be the first step in a series of actions to get this
Bill passed. Subsequent actions will involve liaison members of the ARRL Legislative Action
Program, but we first need to get as many sponsors while it is in Committee as possible. The more letters each Representative receives,
the better.
To learn the name and address of your US Representative, go to www.arrl.org
and click on "Members Only" at the top of the screen. If you have already registered (free) to access Members Only, you will see
the names and addresses of your US Representative and US Senators on the left of the Members Only screen. If Members Only does not fully
open for you, simply register on the opening screen to use. This will give you access to it.
Mail your letter only to your US Representative. Do not mail it to
either of your US Senators. The Bill is only in the US House of Representatives. The Senate Bill is S. 1629. You can change this letter and send it off to your
Senators with copies to me (N2FF) and John Chwat at the addresses below.
Please copy the letter (see the Links below) and add the name and address of the Representative. Also add your name and address.
Modify the letter to personalize it if you have time, sign it and send.
Each time we discuss sending letters to Congressmen, several people offer suggestions on how this should best be done -- by US Mail, FAX,
e-mail, to the Washington, DC office, to a local office, etc. The answer to the best way to get mail to them depends on the individual.
I will leave it to you to determine how you wish to send the letter.
The main thing is to send it . . . and to do this fairly soon.
Also, if possible, please send a copy of your letter to Frank Fallon at n2ff@arrl.org
and to John Chwat, ARRL’s Washington lobbyist, at j.chwat@chwatco.com
Why? These copies are then forwarded to our representative in Washington who uses them as proof that the "voters back home" are interested in the
Bill.
Thanks.
73 de Frank Fallon….N2FF…..
CLICK HERE to view the list of Hudson Division Targeted Legislators for HR462
CLICK HERE To get a basic Text Version of the Sample Letter
CLICK HERE to get a MS-Word Format Version of the Sample Letter