Too many HOAs are trying to silence amateur radio operators with antenna bans and other restrictions, cutting off innovation, communication, and even emergency readiness.

I wrote about why this matters and how you can help change it -> https://kj5fte.radio/dont-let-hoas-silence-ham-radio/

We can’t let HOAs turn the airwaves into dead air. Send your letter and make some noise. 📡

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #ARRL #EmComm #SendALetter

https://kj5fte.radio/dont-let-hoas-silence-ham-radio/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#ARRL is a hot mess organization that depends on its members loving radio more than its leadership or staff does.

They cancelled my digital magazine access days before my membership expired. I’ve renewed online, and days later access is not restored and they won’t respond to multiple inquiries. Very disappointed.

If I were to set up a trivia game using #ARRL #Radiograms with a website front end, would anyone be interested in playing?

Please share with your #HamRadio friends. If there is even a tiny bit of interest, I'll et it up.

#AmateurRadio

I got an email from my ARRL division director, asking me to vote for him in a mass email. Now I'm wondering where he got my email address, and considering the appropriateness of getting this email has taken priority in my brain over his actual message.

#arrl #hamradio

Somehow I missed the bonkers last sentence of the ARRL form letter for HOA antenna relief
​> I would be honored to meet with you, or your staff, within the District to discuss my concerns...

Some will gloss over that or accept ARRL representation, but some will see it as signing their name to something that's untrue. Why put a ham in the position to decide if they can sign an untruth?

But uh, go sign the letter I guess. https://send-a-letter.org/hoa

#ARRL #HOA #HR1094 #S459 #HamRadio #grassroots

i've started a new blog about my ham radio adventures. I just can't get on the Discord train as much as I want for sharing content so I'll just stick to what I like. My latest post is about visiting my hometown ham fest in Enid, OK.

I won a TYT TH-9800! Very fun

https://kj5fte.radio/attending-the-2025-enid-ham-fest/

#hamradio #hamfest #oklahoma #arrl #allstarlink

Maybe there's still time, so I wrote: "How the ARRL's HOA campaign could be more grassroots"

https://k3loe.fyi/2025/09/24/how-the-arrls-hoa-campaign

#HOA #ARRL #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #democracy #grassroots #HR1094 #S459 #PassTheBill

Veryrrrry interested in this word 'grassroots' the ARRL is using with their non- customizable form letter machine for emailing your representative. 8 years after DC stopped caring about form emails.

I'm all for telling HOAs to stuff it. I signed the letter. I hope we members who are left like this taste of democracy and demand more from Minster and the directors. Cause we got a ways to go before we get to grassroots.

#ARRL #HOA #grassroots #HamRadio