Bravo, Bravo, Bravo, well put OM. When will we in the
Amateur Radio Community stop being apologetic about what we do, as though we're just a bunch of egghead weirdos?
The simple point is this: Whether we live in condos,
apartments, or free-standing homes, Hams should at long last demand their right to operate, a right that was earned and sanctioned by the Federal Goverment,
a radio service with a grand and honorable past. We should do so reasonably too. I do not mean that a condo dweller should be allowed to compel the Condo Assocaition to permit of a hugh HF array. However, in my own condo complex, a simple vertical would really not even be noticed. If it were installed professionally and protected for lightning, I could then cure any ensuing interference problems in as I would be legitimate and in the open. Right now, I use attic mounted dipoles. Under cover of stealth, I cannot come out into the open to address TVI for fear of being "caught."
No, this must end. The Satellite dish people have their rights to put up Satellite Dishes...with no test required to operate a Satellite Receiver. So much more so should Amateur Radio operators be given the right to erect simple antennas.