A bill introduced last week aims to spur use of...
A bill introduced last week aims to spur use of amateur radio for homeland security. Sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, HR-81 would require the Homeland Security Department to study the uses and capabilities of amateur radio in disaster…
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relief and emergency communications and send a report to Congress 180 days after the bill’s enactment. DHS would have to identify and make recommendations to remove barriers to deployment of such amateur radio communications. The study also would examine section 207 of the 1996 Telecom Act and “make a recommendation whether that section should be modified to prevent unreasonable private land use restrictions that impair the ability of an amateur radio operator licensed” by the FCC “to conduct, or prepare to conduct, emergency communications by means of effective outdoor antennas and support structures at reasonable heights and dimensions for the purpose, in residential areas."