May 9, 2007 by kb3ljm.

North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma have — or soon will have — Amateur Radio antenna legislation in play. Radio amateurs in all three states are hoping to have the essence of the limited federal preemption known as PRB-1 incorporated into their states’ statutes. The North Carolina bill, H 1340, appears to be on the fastest track at this point. The measure was reported favorably out of the House Ways and Means Committee on May 3, and a vote by the full House could happen today. North Carolina ARRL Section leadership has been urging the Amateur Radio community to urge their lawmakers to support the bill.

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/05/08/100/?nc=1

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May 9, 2007 by kb3ljm.

The FCC’s recent termination of two aging proceedings has some favorable and less-than-favorable implications for Amateur Radio. As part of a recent effort to clear the decks of languishing proceedings, the FCC closed out a Notice of Inquiry and Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NOI and NPRM) in ET Docket 03-237, aimed at establishing an “interference temperature metric” as a model for managing interference and “to expand available unlicensed operation” in certain bands. ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, referred to the interference temperature model as “a flawed concept” and said the May 4 termination Order is good news. The FCC appeared to agree.

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