OT - Ham Radio Towers

[Lyle Tuttle]

The ham radio towers item has been removed from 
the June 2 Glendale Plan/Zoning Commission mtg.


At 04:13 PM 5/25/2011, Eric Cope wrote:
>I've heard they are organizing with the ARRL. If 
>interested in getting involved, I can forward 
>your contact info to the MCECG (Maricopa County 
>Emergency Communications Group) who is plugged into the effort...
>
>Eric
>
><flame_war>Who is surprised that Glendale of all 
>local municipalities is starting this?</flame_war>
>
>On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Lyle Tuttle 
><<mailto:l.tuttle at cox.net>l.tuttle at cox.net> wrote:
>If I recall correctly, several of the members on 
>this board a ham radio operators.
>
>If so, you might be interested in this info passed to me by a friend:
>===================================
>I'm working with some ham radio operators who 
>are very upset with proposed changes supported 
>by The Glendale mayor and another Glendale 
>official that will tie the hands of ham radio 
>operators within the city of Glendale. The April 
>2010 staff report says these new regs aren't necessary.
>
>However, someone has gotten new regs onto the 
>June 2 city council agenda that Glendale ham 
>operators must have specified retractable 
>antennas that the guys can't even find on the marketplace.
>
>I fully understand why people don't want an ugly 
>75' or more tower in their neighbors backyard 
>even tho my neighbors had them in N. Phx and 
>never offended me. I was always glad they were there. Â
>
>People needs to realize that when disaster 
>strikes and communications systems ( phones, 
>computers, electric, etc) go down, it is the ham 
>operators that provide the emergency 
>communications. I’ve also been with Kent on 
>several cross country trips when those guys are 
>communicating emergency messages, i.e. tornado & 
>flood alerts, highway accidents etc to 
>authorities where cell phones or CB’s don't work.
>
>If this Glendale idea spreads across Maricopa 
>County, we are in deep CENSORED if terrorists 
>knock out our normal communications systems. 
>Take a look at the Midwest the past 2 days when 
>communications systems were temporarily down 
>after those tornadoes whipped out communities. 
>It was the ham radio operators that filled that 
>gap, but few people even know it.
>
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