ARES/RACES Conference 2015

Many of you may have already received notification about the ARES/RACES Conference, but we want to give everyone a notice.  The ARES/RACES conference this year is on Saturday, October 31st, at the Davis Conference Center. We do plan to finish earlier than normal so you can
get with your family and friends for any activities you may have planned for the evening.

Registration and a continental breakfast will be served from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., with the conference beginning at 9:00 a.m. and going through until about 4:00 p.m.

Make sure you register early next week by logging back into your U-TRAIN account at www.utah.train.org.

We need to get a good count on attendees so that we can ensure we have enough food for the breakfast and lunch.

A few people asked for directions to the Davis Conference Center in
Layton

Davis Conference Center
800 West Heritage Park Boulevard
Layton, Utah 84041

http://www.davisconferencecenter.com/index.php/contactus/generalinfo

this will take you to a link then the map.

Thank you.

Hope to see you again on Saturday, October 31st.


Mel Parkes, NM7P
Utah Section Manager

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ARRL Utah Section
Section Manager: Melvin T Parkes, NM7P
nm7p@arrl.org
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The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015

To read the full article from the ARRL, click on the title below.  The video explains it pretty good:

The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015

The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 -- H.R.1301 in the US House of Representative and S 1685 in the US Senate --  would direct the FCC to extend its rules relating to reasonable accommodation of Amateur Service communications to private land use restrictions. US Rep Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) introduced HR 1301 on March 4 with 12 original cosponsors from both sides of the aisle -- seven Republicans and five Democrats in the US House.  US Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced S 1685 on June 25, with Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) as the original cosponsor, into the US Senate.
The Amateur Radio Parity Act would require the FCC to amend its Part 97 Amateur Service rules to apply the three-part test of the PRB-1 federal pre-emption policy to include homeowners association regulations and deed restrictions, often referred to as "covenants, conditions, and restrictions" (CC&Rs). At present, PRB-1 only applies to state and local zoning laws and ordinances. The FCC has been reluctant to extend the same legal protections to include private land-use agreements without direction from Congress.

H.R. 1301 has been referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Rep Greg Walden, W7EQI (R-OR), chairs that panel's Communications and Technology Subcommittee, which will consider the measure. S 1685 has been referred to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee's subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, which is chaired by the bill's sponsor, Wicker.

ARRL members are urged to contact their members of both the House and the Senate, asking them to sign on to the bill as a co-sponsor. Route letters for your member of Congress to:

ARRL

Attn  Amateur Radio Parity Act grassroots campaign

225 Main St

Newington CT 06111

Clarity on Amateur Radio Parity

Some misconceptions about the Amateur Radio Parity Act are being circulated.Please read the document "Clarity on Amateur Radio Parity" here.