"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Jerry Oxendine wrote:

"Cecil Moore" wrote:
But Bill has bigger problems. His car broke down and he can't afford to
fix it. His electricity has been turned off. His shoes have holes in
them.
He's three months late on his taxes. What should be done?

I am not following your premise. What does this have with Bill being
"poor"
and his ability, or restictions from, putting up antennas?

A ham antenna is just one of the problems that Bill has. Why should a
ham antenna problem get more of a special treatment that any of Bill's
other problems? Premise #1: Some old people need free prescription drugs.
Premise #2: Some old people need free shoes. Premise #3: Some old people
need ham radio antennas. Where does it end?
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

OK. Everyone has to set priorities. Housing, food, insurance (home and
car-if any), medical expenses have to come first. Ham radio is a hobby. I
have the same expense as everyone else and my rig is an IC735 and an old
Atlas I am trying to fix as time and money permits. Lots of the radio stuff
was accumulated over many, many
years.

The antenna issue, I guess, is an issue that revolves around the old saying
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". To *some* people, antennas are ugly,
to others (hams) they are beautiful! Now the interests of
both the neighbors need to be balanced in some way that allows the neighbors
peace and allows the ham to pursue
his hobby. Much can be done in the area of diplomacy; this is what I did
when I first moved in. As I got to know the neighbors, I mentioned that I
was a ham. Most of them knew what that was, and I told 'em to let me know
instantly if anyone had any interference. One neighbor politely let me know
I was messing up his TV. I gave him a filter and that was that. Across the
street, the people had one of those gigantic satellite dishes. One
afternoon, the maintenance guy marched over and confidantly informed me I
was getting in the Brown's dish/TV.

"OH", I said, " Um, what time of day does this happen?"

" Around 8 AM until 11:30", was the reply.

"Well, that is interesting because I leave for work at 6:15
AM every morning and don't get home until 4:30!"

The satellite guy's face fell as his confidence melted, and he walked away.
Reckon he wanted me to take my tower down?

There's NO regulations in my town forbidding towers--only zoning governing
property lines and safety. These limitations are reasonable and I
understand them and am
willing to comply by setting my tower away the house so
that, Heaven forbid, if it fell, it would do so without damaging my
neighbor. It stood thru Hugo (96+ MPH winds) and has stood for 17 years
attached to the house so that the first 30 feet is firmly secured; there are
4 sections above guyed.

I can't speak for other localities, but here (and I checked
carefully before I even put money down), if an HOA (unlikely) were to
suddenly decide to organize, I wouldn't
join it, nor would I abide by any attempts to regulate my
antennas. According to the existing, local laws, my tower
is considered a "pre-existing" condition just like the cows
that used to graze right next door. Maybe some neighbors would like to've
gotten rid of the cows as an "eyesore" or because they "smell", but the cows
were there when the area was annexed into the city, so they
stayed until grandpa died. Again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To
a country kid like me, smelling or seeing
cows is/wasn't offensive and was part of the landscape.
Here, as long as I maintain my tower (I have to paint it
this spring as a matter of fact), make sure it is safe, there is no existing
way, nor any current plans to make me take
it down. This is one of the best neighborhoods one could
ever live in and I plan to live right here until I die! Everybody is "cool"
with the antenna farm, we are all friends, and anyone that moves next to me
had be ready
to accept my tower or go somewhere else! LOL! "Bill"
may have to set priorities based on the conditions that
exist and do what he can afford to do, abide with the
contract he signed or just live with it. Besides, there *are* sneaky ways
to have antennas without the blue-
haired old buzzards knowing it! Just makes it more challenging!

73

Jerry






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