I think this is great news for the Ham community. We’ve been a terrific resource available to the communities we live in for a long time. Unfortunately, modern technology has led many to feel that our services are no longer needed nor desired however I think that the results of the study will show otherwise.
The biggest thing I would like to see out of this extra attention is for everybody to just get along. We as Hams have a desire to put up antennas and communicate, no surprise there. Homeowners and city officials have a desire to maintain property values and aesthetics, no surprise there either. We can, however, coexist and meet in the middle. Maybe it’s limiting antenna size, maybe it’s just agreeing on the placement, but whatever we can do to work together will be welcome.
I hope this Congressional attention will help all of us to start communicating.
Source: ARRLWeb: W1AW Bulletin ARLB037 (2009).
