The Height Of Dumbing Down Is One Inch?

This one takes the cake, the pie, and Twinkies. The City of Palmdale, California wants to slap a height restriction of 1-inch on ham radio antennas. Serious.

And many thanks to Dan, KB6NU for getting this ball rolling while David, N9FAA (link) spearheads ham radios grass rooted effort to smarten up Palmdale's City Council. One does not need to deduce any further what can happen if this ordinance is passed.

Links of Interest.

• KB6NU's Palmdale, CA Wants to Effectively Ban Ham Radio (link).
• N9FAA's YouTube Channel including videos of his grass rooted efforts (link).

Perhaps this is the time to read Dale N. Hatfield (W0IFO) Chief, Office on Engineering and Technology, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), "The Role of Amateur Radio in the New Century."

73 from the shackadelic.