Subject: Please email Rep. Gibson Regarding HR-1301

Hello,

As you know, HR 1301, a Bill recently introduced in Congress, would extend PRB-1 rights to those hams living with CC&Rs prohibiting them from 
even a simple wire antenna.  Please cut and paste the email below, FIRST MAKING SURE THAT YOU ADD YOUR NAME AND CALLSIGN TO THE SIGNATURE 
below and email it to the Congressman using the Congressional email link at: 

http://gibson.house.gov/contact/default.aspx

Put your zip code in the dialogue box, hit submit, follow to the next page.  Fill in the boxes and paste the letter in the Message box.  When 
it asks for the issue you’re writing about, use either Telecommunications or Emergency Management.

In the Subject box, please put: Please cosponsor H.R. 1301?

If by chance you know him personally, or any of his staff, please contact me immediately.

I will also be sending instructions on how to mail hard-copy letters to your Representative.

Tnx es 73 de Mike N2YBB

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Dear Congressman Gibson,

I am a constituent in your District and I want to bring an issue to your attention.  I am a federally licensed Amateur Radio operator, one of 
over 2,000 whom reside in your District.  We provide communications support and participate in public service events on behalf of the community, 
during times of emergency by providing communications for local governmental agencies and non-governmental agencies (NGO) like the Red Cross 
and Salvation Army, communications support to the United States Military through their Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS), to our neighbors 
when mainstream communications break down, and to the future of telecommunications as we participate in the development of cutting edge 
technology in this digital age.  

We cannot do any of these things, which we do at no charge ever to anyone we help, without being able to place an outdoor antenna on our property.

Recently a bi-partisan Bill, H.R. 1301, was introduced by Mr. Kinzinger(R-IL) and Mr. Courtney (D-CT) which would extend the ability to properly 
negotiate with developments that have restrictions that routinely preclude Amateur Radio operators from putting up even a simple wire antenna in 
a tree that would never be seen by the community.  We already have this ability with local zoning ordinances, but we need to extend this ability 
to operators living under land use restrictions.  All we are asking for is reasonable accommodation.  

As your constituent, I am asking that you support the good work we do as Amateur Radio operators by signing-on as a cosponsor. Please contact 
Rep.Kinzinger’s office to do so.

If you have any questions, please contact our Division Director, XXXX XXXXXXX at XXXXX@arrl.org or 555-555-5555.

Sincerely,
Subject: Hard Copy Letter Template for HR-1301 Letter to Your Congressman/woman

Good day,

Let me first apologize as I realize that my constant emails regarding HR-1301 may be annoying to some of you.  However, please be aware that this issue is 
moving very quickly.  As of this morning, we have 32 names on board HR-1301, and we add more each time Congress is in session.

The following Representatives have already signed-on as a co-sponsor, so please do not send the following email to them.  Instead, send them a short thank 
you note for adding their support to HR-1301 and Amateur Radio.  These members are:

Peter King (NY-2)
Steve Israel (NY-3)
Eliot Engel (NY-16)
Paul Tonko (NY-20)
Chris Collins (NY-27)
Chris Smith (NJ-4)
Leonard Lance (NJ-7)
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)

The emails I've asked you to send are very important to us.  Hard-copy letters are equally so.  In our meetings with Congressional members or their staffers, 
we are constantly asked for input from their constituents.  There are 435 Representatives, and the small band of merry men and woman who are making these 
visits often speak to representatives way outside our home Congressional district.  These letters help establish our credentials in our talks.

We are urging members to contact their US House members and ask them to sign on to the bill as a co-sponsor.   Due to the fact that we want these letters in 
hand when we visit, and knowing that it takes an extremely long time for snail-mail to get through the system, we recommend sending the letter to your member 
of Congress to:

ARRL
Attn: HR-1301 grassroots campaign
225 Main St
Newington CT 06111

Besides the email I asked you to send, please complete and send this letter as soon as possible.  Congressional staffers always ask for constituent input. 
We need these letters when we visit offices in Washington.  Right now is the perfect time to get these letters to ARRL HQ so that we can use them when we 
next visit D.C.

If you don’t know your Congressman/woman, use this link.  

http://www.house.gov/representatives/

Enter your zip code in the upper right hand corner and hit enter.  You may need your zip code plus four to get the correct information.

Please use the following template when writing your letter, AND PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE send the letter.

Tnx es 73 de Mike N2YBB

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DATE

CONGRESSPERSON NAME
CONGRESSPERSON ADDRESS

Dear Representative _____________:

I am a constituent in your District and I want to bring an issue to your attention. I am a federally licensed Amateur Radio operator, one of nearly 
three-quarters of a million licensees of the Federal Communications Commission in the United States.

We provide communications support for, and participate in public service events on behalf of our communities. During and in the aftermath of disasters 
and emergencies, when other forms of communications are unavailable, we provide communications for first responders and Federal, state and local 
governmental agencies and non-governmental agencies, including the Red Cross and Salvation Army; for the United States Military through the 
Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS); and to our neighbors when communications systems are overloaded or fail. Radio Amateurs contribute to the future 
of telecommunications as we participate in the development of innovative technology in this digital age. Amateur Radio is non-commercial, and we
provide our services at no charge to anyone. 

We cannot do any of these things, however, unless we can erect an outdoor antenna at our residences. 

Recently, a bi-partisan Bill, H.R. 1301 - The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015, was introduced by Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) with
Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and eleven additional original co-sponsors.  HR-1301 directs the FCC to extend their existing PRB-1
regulations of reasonable accommodation of Amateur Radio communications to include private land use regulators. This would afford us the ability 
to negotiate with homeowners associations in residential developments. Private land use regulations routinely include restrictions that completely 
preclude Amateur Radio communications operators from installing any type of outdoor antenna system. The reasonable accommodation policy has 
for 30 years applied to municipal zoning ordinances. This Bill would extend the policy to operators living under private land use restrictions. 
The FCC has asked Congress for guidance in this area and this Bill provides it. 

As your constituent, I am asking that you support the bill by signing-on as a cosponsor. Please contact Rep. Kinzinger’s office to do so. If you 
have any questions, please contact ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio, attention Dan Henderson, at 860-594-0236. 

Thank you. 

Sincerely,

YOUR NAME & CALL
YOUR ADDRESS
Subject: Thank Rep. Smith for co-sponsoring HR-1301

Hello,

Today, Congressman Chris Smith added his support and became a co-sponsor of HR-1301.  We'd like to extend our thanks to him for doing so.  IT IS AS IMPORTANT TO SAY 
THANKS AS IT IS TO ASK FOR SUPPORT!

Please cut and paste the email below, FIRST MAKING SURE THAT YOU ADD YOUR NAME AND CALLSIGN TO THE SIGNATURE below and send it to the Congressman using
the Congressional email link at: 

http://chrissmith.house.gov/contact/zipauth.htm

Fill in the form and paste the letter in the "Message" box.  In the Subject box, please put: Thank you for co-sponsoring H.R. 1301. 

Tnx es 73 de Mike N2YBB

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Dear Congressman Smith,

I am a federally licensed Amateur Radio operator, one of nearly 1,300 who reside in your District.  I'd like to take this opportunity to simply say thank you 
for signing on as a co-sponsor to H.R. 1301, "The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015."

We in the Amateur Radio community are very grateful for your support.

Again, thank you.

Sincerely,
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