"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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For Gareth , here is the federal rules from the ARRL website. While the
rules keep the states from making some unreasonable rules, it does not apply
to housing develompnet areas where you sign away your rights if you want to
move into that area.

§97.15 Station antenna structures.

(a) Owners of certain antenna structures more than 60.96 meters (200 feet)
above ground level at the site or located near or at a public use airport
must notify the Federal Aviation Administration and register with the
Commission as required by part 17 of this chapter.

(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, a station antenna structure may be
erected at heights and dimensions sufficient to accommodate amateur service
communications. (State and local regulation of a station antenna structure
must not preclude amateur service communications. Rather, it must reasonably
accommodate such communications and must constitute the minimum practicable
regulation to accomplish the state or local authority's legitimate purpose.
See PRB-1, 101 FCC 2d 952 (1985) for details.)

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Interesting (Don't know why Outlook Express hasn't quoted you with ""s.

Perhaps it is the vast spaces in your country and the perceived need for
emergency communications over those distances that extends to you those
privileges?