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Old March 12th 07, 06:54 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated
Phil Kane Phil Kane is offline
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On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:35:55 CST, (Bill Gunshannon)
wrote:

What you
can't find is a place that is willing to operate by your terms.
If you want an antenna farm buy property where that is allowed. If
you want to live in developed neighborhood, then either build one
full of hams or accept that your neighbors don't share your idea
of aesthetics.


The history behind antenna restrictions, BTW, have nothing to do with
ham radio or aesthetics. They were instituted at the urging (read:
financial support) of cable TV companies in the mid 60s to prevent
outdoor TV antennas from being erected, forcing the buyer to take
cable service at a time when all one could get on the cable were the
local TV stations anyhow. Like a bad fungus, it kept on attaching
itself to every new development filing - "monkey see, monkey do".

With all due respect, Bill, there have been several surveys in the
past years that new or modern developments all have the same
"boilerplate" restrictions. You are certainly entitled to the
opinion which you have presented above, but it's not in the best
interests of amateur radio as an integral part of our community. If
it takes the government to force reasonable accommodation, so be it.
Somehow it has to be done. That's my opinion.

A large part of my legal practice is concerned with fighting
unreasonable zoning restrictions on radio facilities, including
amateur radio stations, whether instituted by government or by
individuals.

73 de K2ASP -- Phil Kane
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Philip M. Kane P E / Esq.
VP - Regulatory Counsel & Engineering Manager
CSI Telecommunication Consulting Engineers
San Francisco, CA - Beaverton, OR