Got to love the HOA argument.
I know there are the one's that will argue that you should avoid them... I did that...
And ham radio had little or nothing to do with avoiding them.. I wrench on cars, weld, and play my music too loud (at least some think so)
But, if you are dealing with an HOA and hoping that the ARRL has a fix for it. I wouldn't hold my breath.
More and more agencies are steering away from the support of ham radio for disaster communications.
Less and less folks are becoming hams.
And here's the REAL truth.
Do YOU want to be THAT GUY.
What's that mean, well you live in a well groomed, beautiful housing development, and some guy down the road starts parking old junk cars in his yard. Sure they are old American muscle, but they sit there for years, while he saves up to 'restore it'. And maybe he gets the cash together, and he's now got the motor running, with no exhaust. He's driving it up and down the street tuning it, missing the hood and a fender. But it's got tags, it's legal and the cops can say NOTHING. That's THAT GUY.
Here's the thing,,, your 80 foot crank up tower is just as God awful ugly as that car is to probably more people. But the ARRL saved the day and that's how you got it stood up in your otherwise beautiful housing development.
Please understand that I enjoy making people mad.
I believe that it's good to be mad once in a while, so I am just making sure that the folks around me get to experience it once in a while.
I even get told that I am an A-hole once in a while. To which I thank them for the recognition of my efforts.
But Even I wouldn't go move into a housing development surrounding a country club and golf course, and park my beater cars in the yard and stand on the front porch to take a pee.
The league is WRONG on trying to strong arm the HOA's into being forced to allow you to stick a big ugly tower in your yard, period.
Our situations change. Our interests change. When I bought the house I live in, I was active in radio, so I made sure there were no restrictions on towers. I was not however into shooting firearms. So the fact that I had a neighbor directly behind me wasn't a concern. My interests changed and I can't shoot off my back porch.... so I am looking for a place that I can, that I can also have a tower and antenna's.
A man's home is his castle. And HOA's suck and I wouldn't live under the rule of one for any amount of money. But, they do have their positives, and getting the ARRL to circumvent their authority so YOU can put up a tower. Sorry but that's not right.
So do the flag pole hidden antenna and deal with it. Or move somewhere else. But don't hold out hope for the league to get some legislation pushed through so you have the legal right to piss off everyone on your street.