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AG5M

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« on: June 08, 2000, 05:59:36 PM »

I would agree that a 100 foot tower and beam is probably too much for the average urban size 0.25 acre lot.  However, getting an antenna to a height of 45 feet by building a home 35 feet high when you have an antenna covenant that says "antennas no more than 10 feet above the home" may in fact be a creative solution to the restriction but it completely misses the point.  The point is -- an antenna restriction that does not provide for "reasonable accommodation" of an antenna for use in the Amateur Radio Service -- should not be there in the first place.  Hams should be able to hold their heads up high and should not have to apologize to anyone, or hide (stealth operation), to operate a legal Ham station in the Amateur Radio Service, an honorable service with almost 100 years of tradition, established by the United States Congress, and licensed by the FCC.  The covenant should have provided for the 45 foot antenna system in the first place.  That's the point and we should never loose sight of it.  We must all work to change the existing system whereby "reasonable accommodation" must prevail.
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KM5VU

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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2000, 11:29:03 PM »

I think that old deed restrictions will be hard to change.  Perhaps the ARRL should concentrate on convincing developers that reasonable compromises that satisfy both sides are possible.  I live in a rural subdivision that prohibits large dish shaped antennas.  This I appreciate because sometimes the old TV dishes were unslghtly. The deed restrictions allow antennas only 10 feet taller than your house.  (Well, the secret here is simply to build a tall house.)  With my 35 foot high house, I can legally (in this very nice subdivision) build a 45 foot antenna.  While this may not be compatible with a world class station, I think it will work ok for most of us.  I love radios and antennas but I agree with some that I would not want a 100 foot or taller tower next to my property.  
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FORMER_WU3U_TIM

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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2001, 06:09:00 PM »

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.
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