I knew somehow that, somewhere in the article, before I was through reading it, there would be someone named "Bubba" discussed. My good friend Troy Pennington, a former SBE President and a ham, now in Nashville, was the Chief Engineer at WZZK, Birmingham, for many years, incidentally. 73, Chris W3KD -----Original Message----- From: w4ru@yahoo.com To: arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org Sent: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 9:29 PM Subject: Fwd: [SEDXC] Alabama Ham Climbs Tower in Protest Ham takes legislative action into his own hands---or other body parts. 73 Sandy --- JT Croteau <jt.w6fo@gmail.com> wrote:

Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:07:18 -0500 From: "JT Croteau" <jt.w6fo@gmail.com> To: "*SEDXC Group" <sedxc@contesting.com> Subject: [SEDXC] Alabama Ham Climbs Tower in Protest

Have you guys seen this yet?

Jan. 05 2007,09:20 by kg4rpe Wayne Spires (KF4BJT), a Wetumpka, AL ham is now sitting perched a top his 68 foot radio tower behind his house in protest of a judges ruling forcing him to become a part of a homeowners association. He says that 20 years ago when he bought the property located along the river that it was listed as unrestricted. He has been atop the tower for about three or four days and says he will not come down until his next court date which is scheduled for Feb. 5th.

The nationaly syndicated radio team Rick and Bubba out of WZZK 104.7 in Birmingham, AL interviewed Mr. Spires, his wife, and a daughter live by phone this morning. They also talked yesterday by phone to the sheriff who said as long as Mr. Spires does not try to hurt himself or somebody else his department will not interfere. William "Bubba" Bussey (KJ4JJ) the co-host of Rick and Bubba, explained on yesterday's show the importance ham radio can play in a time of emergency and the importance for good towers for hams to own and use. (Bubba is a very active ham and promotes it often on their program.)

His family as well as other neighbors, friends, and hams all are sending their support to him.

for another report with pics, check:

http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5883357&nav=0RdM

-- JT Croteau, W6FO - Canton, GA _______________________________________________ SEDXC mailing list SEDXC@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/sedxc

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