‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MARCH 2017 QST PAGE 82 ‰ SAID AFTER THE BILL PASSED THE HOUSE. TO ALL HAMS, KEEP GOING. NOW IS THE TIME TO CHARGE FORWARD WITH THAT SAME MOMENTUM TO THE SENATE. WE CAN DO IT. THE BILL HAS ARRIVED IN THE US SENATE WITH AMPLE TIME IN WHICH TO GARNER ITS APPROVAL THROUGH AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. WERE VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE SPEED WITH WHICH THIS BILL MADE IT THROUGH THE HOUSE. ITS AMAZING THAT THIS HAPPENED, SAID ARRL HUDSON DIVISION DIRECTOR MIKE LISENCO, N2YBB, WHO HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE. WITH THE HELP OF ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ ARRL MEMBERS, WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET THIS DONE, LISENCO CONTINUED. WE CAME WITHIN A HAIRS BREADTH LAST TIME, WITH 110,000 E MAILS TO MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AS WELL AS LETTERS AND TELEPHONE CALLS. MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN THIS FINAL PUSH IS CRITICAL. H. R. 555 CALLS ON THE FCC TO ESTABLISH RULES PROHIBITING THE APPLICATION OF DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT PRECLUDE AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS ON THEIR FACE OR AS APPLIED. DEED RE ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ