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Mike Terry wrote:

But like many hams today, he faces growing pressure to choose between his
hobby or his home.

As the nation grows more urbanized and more housing developments write
no-antenna rules into their deeds, many southern Florida hams find
themselves squeezed out of their communities or pushed off the air.

"Hams are finding that communities are less friendly," said Stephanie
Phillips, a Brevard County, Fla., ham operator and a Florida spokeswoman for
the Amateur Radio Relay League, or ARRL.

Maybe the various radio users (ham, SWL, CB) need to come up with the
equivalent to the red marked towns on the AAA maps. Some source of
information that tells the various emergency radio users that the local
cops don't like mobile scanners, the city is in the pocket of the power
companies BPL program, or the local real estate developers have a love
affair with restrictive convenants. Some map to look at when the place
is going to burn down or blow away and tell the city/state/FEMA officials
that you'll get back to them when it's convenient.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident