New Hampshire House Bill 313, “Relative to property restrictions on certain amateur radio antennas,” failed to reconsider by voice vote on April 7, 2021, according to FastDemocracy.com.The bill was originally heard before the House Commerce Committee on January 26, 2021. Over 100 amateurs went on record to support the bill.
N.H. House Bill 313 would have allowed:
• Antennas similar or identical to those for satellite TV dishes, broadcast TV, or broadband internet
• single wire or minimally visible antennas
• antennas raised only in darkness
• antennas no higher than 33 feet (i.e., lower than the roof line), and
• the use of a flag pole as an antenna
on land where the homeowner already had the right to exclude others, and would have required safe construction, with municipal approval.
“Another shot is possible in 2022, but it will need to be a much more modest bill to have any chance at passage,” writes former N.H. House Representative Bill Ohm, W1OHM. “My recommendation is to just permit dual use of an existing structure, like a flagpole. Down the road, in subsequent years, incremental progress can be attempted to permit other structures.”
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The “Great Hill Gang” will meet atop Great Hill in Weymouth, MA on Saturday, April 17, 2021. The group normally meets on the second Saturday of each month (weather allowing) at 9 AM.
ARRL New England Division Director Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, has approved the application from organizers of the Hermon Hamfest in Hermon, Maine, to become a sanctioned ARRL Hamfest. The event, sponsored by the Pine State Amateur Radio Club will be held on June 5, 2021.
The April, 2021 WMA Section Manager Report is now available at