State-Level PRB-1 Law Now on the Books in Illinois

Following in the footsteps of various other states, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed HB 1390 — a state-level PRB-1 law — on June 30, effective immediately. PRB-1 (as codified in Section 97.15(b)) was released by the FCC in 1985 and states that “[s]tate and local regulation of a station antenna structure must not preclude amateur service communications. Rather, it must reasonably accommodate…

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