RadioBanter - View Single Post - Outwitting Home Owner Associations/Condo Associations Regarding Antennas

December 9th 03, 02:27 AM

On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:35:49 -0500, wrote:

What I failed to say Jerry, I am moving to Myrtle, yes there is an HOA
but from what I found out from the neighbors and the real estate lady
(who also resides there) the HOA is not all that strong. Wait until they
find out i'm a ham. No, I have no intention of putting up a tower, just
a long wire from the back of my property to the house (1/2 acre). Yes,
my daughter does reside in a rather expensive area. And "NO", I don't
enjoy driving on I-77. It's bumper to bumper three lanes wide from exit
21 south to the state line at 60 MPH. Happy to see they are widening the
roadway, I might even give 495 west of I-77 a shot to the state line
when it's finished. Seems for what I understand they decided to build
the east part of 495 first to accommodate the rich folks in around Union
County area. One would think the area west of I-77 close to the airport
would have heavier traffic.

Back to stealth antennas and HOA's. I have been planning for several
months how I am going to put up an antenna. Ideas I have considered a
Slinky's in the rafters, gutters, yes the house I bought does have
gutters as compared to all the other homes, most do not. And finally
long wires. So far, the only people that know I am a ham is the real
estate lady and the guy next door.

I wouldn't stop in my driveway and start taking photos of my home if you
enjoy life as it is. Don't invade my privacy and I shall not invade
yours. I invite Russ to give it a try, and "I'm NOT playing". I enjoy my
privacy. What's mine is mine and what's yours is yours. Russ, just
because the U.S. Attorney General got a new law passed in the U.S.
Congress doesn't give you or the Feds to invade my privacy.

"God Bless America"

Tell you what Jim, I'll stand in the public street all I want and take
pictures of anything I want to and you can't do squat about it. I
won't trespass on your property and I won't take pictures inside your
property without your permission. Your privacy ends at your front
door, and rightly so but what's in public view is just that...public.
Ask the people at Bay Hill CC in Orlando who lost the lawsuit against
the computer game company that used images of their houses in a golf
game. Ask the big-time Hollywood star who just lost the lawsuit
against the paparazzi taking pictures outside her house. Don't be
foolish enough to accost me on public property or threaten me. The
immediate and long-term repercussions will amaze you. You aren't big
enough to intimidate me and you don't have enough money to make the
legal problems go away. Grow up a little and consult a professional
instead of getting legal advice from television or here on the 'net.
In a bit of irony, we are almost on the same side in this. I am
currently looking for a home in an area without deed restrictions.
Even if I weren't a ham, I would not sign a contract for a house with
CCRs. I lived in Heathrow in Seminole County, FL and in another CCR
community here in NC and I've had enough. When you sign for a house
in a CCR community, you are signing an ordinary commercial contract
that is completely enforceable (from both sides!) no matter what you
think or how hard you stamp your feet.

Russ