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The Section Manager is responsible for managing the ARRL Field Organization programs in their respective sections. Members of the Atlanta Rabbits Amateur Radio Club joined ARES (Amateur Radio Communications Service) when they provided communications support at the Daingerfield State Park over the weekend. Find resources to help you set up your first station, get on the air and have fun! Those interested in being a well-rounded emergency communications resource are encouraged to seek and participate on an NTS net. You don't have to be an amateur radio operator to support this measure, either! The Senate Bill, S. 1534, allows for effective outdoor Amateur Radio antennas for public service and emergency communications while protecting the prerogative of community associations. HOAs have always been able to regulate aesthetic impact of land uses; it is not something conferred by ARPA. ARPA is simply stating the situation as it is now and has always been. FCC has held that private land-use regulations are entitled to less deference than zoning regulations because covenants address aesthetic concerns while zoning addresses both safety and aesthetics. ARPA requires a deed-restricted amateur to notify and seek prior approval from an HOA before installing any outdoor antenna, with no grandfathering of those already installed. In the zoning context, antenna approvals are always based on a building permit application. HOAs have a legitimate interest in the aesthetic impact of antenna installations, and while they have to allow an amateur an effective outdoor antenna under ARPA, that entitlement is not unlimited. If one already has an approved antenna in a deed-restricted community, nothing else is required. If one has a non- approved antenna that violates the covenants, the amateur can choose to continue with that, or to avail himself or herself of the entitlement to be provided by the FCC rules enacted pursuant to ARPA to legitimize the antenna. The entitlement to operate on all amateur bands or to maintain antennas that are effective on all amateur bands at the same time is far beyond the scope of either PRB-1 or ARPA. It simply is an unreasonable expectation that any legislation will invalidate covenants completely and allow a radio amateur to erect whatever he or she wishes to install. That said, an amateur’s expectation for the types of effective outdoor antenna that the HOA will be obligated to permit differs depending on the type of land use involved. On a 10-acre, single family lot in a deed-restricted, wooded subdivision, a far more elaborate antenna and support structure should be expected. Why should we rely on the FCC to enact provisions favorable to hams in implementing ARPA, given that the FCC has not been helpful in addressing the preclusive effects of private land-use regulations for more than 35 years? Not that ARRL has been able to find in more than 35 years of looking. Some can be managed, some not, and some are simply red herring arguments. Texas has always relied on and benefited from Amateur Radio’s critical communications support in time of need. The Bill will allow Amateurs to continue to provide the same critical communications service to our communities as we have for over the past 100-plus years. It also requires notification to the association and their prior approval of antenna installations; and prohibits installation of antennas on common property.