The HEADER MESSAGE of this Forum Reads:
“It's unhelpful to tell people to avoid HOAs and the like.”
If everyone had avoided HOAs and other restrictive situations, this forum wouldn't exist. Please don't tell people how (smart you are because) you avoided these kinds of restrictions. Posts like these will be summarily deleted when reported in the future.Mike N2MG webmaster”
Yet, VSK (and others) go to the point of Arguments with a guy who can't find property in the Land of Fla where one can for example retire and pursue Ham radio. No thread locking (or deletion) takes place. It's a puzzlement.
When myself (and others) take him (and others) to task on HOA's, Lo and Behold the thread(s) get “automagically” locked. I'm surprised that THIS THREAD hasn't been “automagically” locked. But that's not the issue here. I don't take it personally. I LIKE eham. I even write articles for eham from time to time. But if "someone" is playing the "troll" card here to get threads locked, well that's just underhanded. In EVERY way. Again, it's a puzzlement. And not important in this post.
No one objects to safety issues with Antennas. No one expects to erect an antenna that can fall on adjacent property.
That's ALSO not what is at issue here. We all know better. VSK (and others) know better, or they certainly should, even if they pretend not to.
When the HOA Apologists and Lap Dog types expand the “controversy” to “yea, what about motorcycle repair”, they seek to cloud the issue, and include Ham antennas as a problem, therefore everything must be eliminated to keep the peace. Pairing antennas with EVERYTHING ELSE.
Our Legislation failed earlier on this issue, before a Half Nelson was given the Final Full Monty in the Land of Fla. (Coincidence? I think not!) But while HE as a problem has Gone Away, our problem has NOT gone away, despite "helpful suggestions" from VSK (and others).
We STILL need Legislation to eliminate all threats to our antennas. Well worded legislation. THE problem is the “Gladys Cravitz” types out there. Her “Opinion” on the “aesthetics” of antennas does NOT outweigh our need for them! Cutting off OUR ANTENNAS as hams is akin to cutting off OUR AIR. Over and above "stealthing" our antennas and so on. Someone else will say we we don't have a “need”, it's a want. But in this case? Gladys has a VERY arbitrary “want” merely because she "doesn't like how antennas look" that is NOT a “need” for her, and Legislation will help her see the light though the antenna. As we all will.
What is important here is that More Than One Of Us is Mad as Hell, and We're Not Taking It Anymore. We want to be left alone in our pursuit of happiness, and we want Legislation to MUZZLE GLADYS CRAVITZ ONCE AND FOR ALL in EVERY Jurisdiction and HOA! Then we can put this to Rest. The HOA Apologists say "well you signed that" ignoring that for example a KID growing up in an HOA who is interested in Ham radio and didn't sign a thing, and NEWSFLASH: In the Land of the Free, we're ALLOWED to change things under The Rule of Law.
Sooner or later:
"There's Going To Be Antennas."
Everywhere.
That's just how it is.
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