[GreenKeys] FW: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators

[Raymond Cote]

So i guess my 200' LP would be out of the question. Or my satellite VHF Yagi.
Sad.  Good thing i live on a 2 acre farm




Raymond Côté

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On Jul 27, 2017, at 00:13, "hwhall at compuserve.com<mailto:hwhall at compuserve.com>" <hwhall at compuserve.com<mailto:hwhall at compuserve.com>> wrote:

I'm kinda in the same frame of mind as Jeff.  When I sign a contract, I don't normally expect the government to void it so I can play with a favorite hobby.  OTOH, I believe the spirit of the contracts is to prevent eyesores that lower property values, because buyers want to know their big investment has some protection.  In that spirit, stealth antennas appear to be fair play.  They aren't eyesores & often are invisible, no effect on property appearance or value.  Some stealth ideas actually aren't antennas per se, they're flagpoles, gutters, etc., that we are able to use like antennas (hi hi).

I've also seen in established neighborhoods, the old HOA has lost it's zeal & often its members, and as long as you're not raising your neighbor's dander you can get away with reasonable stuff that's technically non-contractual.  I'm told that the more that happens, the less enforceable the contract becomes.  Any lawyers on board to weigh in on that?

My own neighborhood orginally banned antennas, yet when we were looking to buy, there was one CB-looking monopole down the street.  I also noted that the covenant "grandfathered" anything that was not objected to in the first few days after construction.  Read yours carefully for any "outs" like that.

Wayne
WB4OGM

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Angus <jdangus at att.net<mailto:jdangus at att.net>>
To: greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net<mailto:greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>>
Sent: Wed, Jul 26, 2017 6:06 pm
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] FW: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators Supporting S 1534 - the Amateur Radio Parity Act

On 7/26/17 5:01 PM, Jack wrote:

And now, for a probably unpopular opposing view point.

I've heard all sorts of excuse about why one would chose to live in a HOA
or CC&R controlled house. But the bottom line is that these restrictions are
there for a reason. "Keep 'those people' out of here." And the reason you
want to live there is you don't want "those people" for neighbors.
"Those people" are, pick your poison, minorities, gypsies, white trash etc.
I have news for you, as amateur radio people, we are also "those people."

Online forums and QST, the "official journal of the ARRL" have for the past
20 years or so consistently published articles on how you can circumvent
the contract you knowingly signed and erect some sort of stealth antenna.
Bird houses and flag poles are two of the more popular ones.
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