Text 67, 65 rader
Skriven 2005-08-23 00:10:17 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
     Kommentar till text 60 av Justin Farris (55.amateurr)
Ärende: 10 and 6 meters
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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:52:00 -0500, Justin Farris -> Ed Hulett wrote:

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 EH>> Check into whether there are CC&Rs where you look. Fortunately, I live
 EH>> in an older neighborhood where there are none. Just a block away is
 EH>> another ham with a 40ft tower and tri-band beam and VHF/UHF quad and
 EH>> verticle above that. I'm not sure how active the guy is because I never
 EH>> hear anything from him and the beam is usually pointed in the same
 EH>> direction everytime I pass by. It is pointed right across my property
 EH>> so I'm sure I'd hear him regardless of what frequency he's on.

 EH>> 73

 EH>> Ed

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 JF> definatly will be looking into CC&Rs will also do a little digging with
any
 JF> zoning boards / county agencies that would control such things however the
gov
 JF> environments are usualy less strict about such things you can usualy get
away
 JF> with 30-50 feet if not more with them.   the subdivision we are moving out
of
 JF> has a  HOA & cc&R that says "no large antennas" which is niceley
subjective...
 JF> my idea of a "large" antenna is most certenly diffrent than thiers... my
idea
 JF> of a large antenna would not fit on my 1/2 acre lot. :) hi hi.  so i have
 JF> gotten away with enough while we were here to make me happy. they tried to
call
 JF> me on one wire antenna, I called my lawyer and he agreed that the terms
were
 JF> subjective and the HOA here dropped the subject. besides there are a bunch
of
 JF> other violations in the community that they were not about to enforce. If
they
 JF> had tried to push mine my lawyer was going to insist they do something
about
 JF> the RV's and Boats parked on the lots of my neighbors homes.   oh what
fun...
 JF> /

Heh heh... yeah, my idea of a large antenna is a rhombic that takes up 5
acres. ;-) Or, better yet, the antenna farm for HAARP.

 JF> Its a shame that the other house you mentioned dosent seem to be an active
ham.
 JF> I cant say much about not being active i try to get on the radio when i
can.
 JF> but it is disappointing to hear about others who have dropped out of this
 JF> hobby.

Yes, it is. Letting all that antenna just sit and gather dust is a shame.

Ed

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