Cathy

Thanks to a couple hams in this city, Golden Valley MN has very nice
antenna "restrictions". I don't know all the rules, but as I understand
things, the city essentially matches most of the FCC regs. The only
thing I would check on is maximum tower height. A large number of
antenna installations are allowed with no permissions at all.

Feel free to email me at throwaway27 at taring.org

tom
K0TAR

Cathy James wrote:

Greetings all,

I am planning to move to the western suburbs of Minneapolis soon, and
would like to know if there are any communities that I should
specifically "look at" or "avoid" due to restrictions on ham radio
antennas or other issues.

Even apart from ham radio issues, I prefer rural to urban, but commute
time to the areas on the west side of downtown is an issue preventing
me from being too far out. Mound is probably the western limit of
what I am willing to consider.

Right now I am looking at Mound, Champlin, and Maple Grove. My
realtor is generally helpful, but amateur radio is a mystery to her
and I do not think she is used to getting such requests.


73,

Cathy (N5WVR)