Oh, and IF the ham rules also allow any height antennas on ham hts,
use a ham ht with a big honking antenna.

And if your HOA says anything about it, such as "CBs aren't allowed",
tell them "it's not a CB. It's a speaker cell phone. Then right in
font of them, proceed to call your ham radio buddy or wife or friend
by using the autopatch feature of your local ham radio reprater so
that the HOA complainer(s) hear the sound of a ringing telephone on
it, and the person answering.

With so many people using cell phones these days, would a HOA even
dare to make rules regulating cell phones?

Well, maybe.

I actually do have a speaker cell phone.

And also a regular landline speakerphone.

CBers might be able to get away with it using one of the new base cbs
that use bluetooth telephone through the CB. Just tell your HOA it's a
telephone,
then right in front of them, use your bluetooth feature to make a
telephone call over the base cb.

Would the HOA even dare to regulate what kind of telephone people
have?

Well, maybe.

I did already read one homeowners statement that he was going to turn
another homeowner into the hoa and file a civil lawsuit against him
because
the other homeowner had a moosehead hanging over the mantle of his
fireplace in the living room of his house.

What I want to know is, what business is it of any HOA what kind of
interior decorations you have INSIDE ofyour own home?

What business is it of theirs whether you have daisies or tulips
sitting in a vase on your ktchen counter INSIDE of your own home?