[HQRP] OT: H.R. 4720-not the godsend it's held out to be?

[Mark Fields]

Dear Friends:
   From what I've been seeing on the three QRP
reflectors to which I subscribe, there has been
enormous enthusiasm and support for the "Amateur
Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act"
(i.e., H.R. 4720).  I wish to express an alternative
opinion on this bill.
   I live in an apartment complex that seems to
be chilly toward outdoor antennas (except, of
course, satellite mini-dishes).  After reading
the many reflector messages as well as the W5YI
REPORT, I have concluded that the bill might be of
help to homeowners in deed-restricted neighborhoods,
but those like myself in apartments will get NO
RELIEF WHATSOEVER from the passing of H.R. 4720.
We will continue to be subject to the almost-
absolute authority of our landlords (and even more
so here in the anti-tenant's-rights legal climate
of Texas), and trying to invoke such a law will
only result in our being told, "That law doesn't
apply to us.  No outdoor antennas.  You don't
like that, go live in a cardboard box."  We'll
wind up continuing to make do with ineffective
indoor antennas, or even be unable to get on the
air at all.
   So unless I'm mistaken, H.R. 4720 will *not*
help me or others in my kind of situation, and
so I am not inclined to help get that bill passed.
   Thank you all for your attention.

                           73, Mark, KE5MY

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