If you encounter that question from your legislator, I would tell him or her that Amateur Radio is a cross-section of the entire population and, as such, includes some people who dislike or distrust the Federal government in general. Further, the author's solution to an HOA restriction appears to be to break the rule by putting up one or more stealth antennas. That kind of reaction speaks poorly for the underlying restriction, Also, I wonder why the author chooses not to disclose his or her callsign. In a quick search of the FCC database, I could find no licensee by that name. Might kilo-16 be a licensee using a pen name? In either case, I sense the author is hiding something. 73, Marty N6VI -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 6:27 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:24804] Ham Radio Opposition In talking to one of our Representatives, I discovered a Prepper group actually opposing our efforts. The question to me was "why are Hams in opposition to the Bills". While I don't see much of an impact, I do believe we need to know who the other side is. https://www.amrron.com/2015/09/26/amateur-radio-parity-act-bad-for-liberty-b y-kilo-16/ During our fire season, this group went into a couple of towns and set up communications (self-deployed) but ended up doing some good. 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv