Re: Outwitting Home Owner Associations/Condo Associations Regarding Antennas

Well if I am not mistaken --- PRB-1 is NOT applicable to HOA's
Only municipal, county, etc

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73 From The Wilderness Keyboard
"Jerry Oxendine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Keyboard In The Wilderness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Au Contraire -- a ham here who had an antenna up for years was told that
> the
> > HOA voted it an eyesore and he was to take it down  --He pleaded
> > "Grandfathering" and a  long legal battle ensued and he lost. The CC&R
was
> > not on antennas -- but on an "obnoxious structure"
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> > --
> > 73 From The Wilderness Keyboard
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> Then it would have gone to Federal court where I would've used PRB-1.
This
> is a federal statute that requires that communities (municipal, county,
etc)
> make
> reasonable accomodation for amateur antennas.  I would
> bet neither you or I have all the facts you are relating because IF that
> antenna had been in place for "years"
> as you say, I still believe it would have to be grand-fathered.  But
because
> some muckety mucks move in
> after *I* have had a tower for years (17) I must now remove it?  Well,
> they'll have to show me the hard way.
>
> Eventually, the comformity crowd just may have to stick out their lips and
> bear it, because there is an antenna bill
> before Congress that *may* cause the blue-hairs heart failure! It will
mean
> that HOAs will have to make the same *reasonable* accomodations as local
> governments.
> Why? Because Amateur Radio is considered a part of America's
communications
> infrastructure and has been proven a valuable asset.  While it is,
foremost,
> a hobby,
> many people never consider will happen when towers fall,
> a tornado strikes, or even a forest fire strikes.  Those yuppy cell phones
> aren't worth a tinker's dam (no, not 'damn'), your computer doesn't work
> without power or
> phone lines, and what's left?  Ham Radio, *some* ES
> comms, Civil Air Patrol, et al.  And who will cry "foul" first?  The same
> air-headed HOA people so hell-bent
> to get rid of  "ugly" antennas. The same ones that will
> scream "I WANT MY PHONE AND TV BACK ON"!
>   "How can I find out if my mother in the next town is OK"?   And you,
> likely, won't find out!  Because you
> ran off the neighbor that *could've* helped.  You embarked on this power
> trip. Das Shutzstassen (SS)und Dummkopten. Ya, Idioten!
> And your pleas will be met with exactly what you wanted:
>
>
> .....................................Silence
>
>
> J
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> > "Jerry Oxendine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > "Keyboard In The Wilderness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Outwitting -- use Stealth Antennas URL:
> > > > http://ac6v.com/antprojects.htm#STANT
> > > > AND
> > > > http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=7571
> > > >
> > > > Outsmarting -- Don't buy into an HOA Community
> > > > Think Ahead --- An HOA can adapt a no antenna rule anytime they want
> > > > Have Big Bucks to fight it in court -- Most HOA's have deep pockets
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > 73 From The Wilderness Keyboard
> > >
> > > Um, not exactly.  If a neighborhood were to suddenly enact some sort
of
> > HOA,
> > > I believe any pre-existing antennas would have to be "grandfathered"
in.
> > > Hey, I
> > > moved in next to a cow pasture that was in the city limits.
> > > Now some 4-eyed wimps  would want to try to make the
> > > farmer get rid of his cows.  Couldn't!  When the city
> > > annexed the neighborhood, they had to take the cows too
> > > ........they refused to MOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! (Sorry, I had to do that).
The
> > > cows stayed.  Good neigh-
> > > bors, too.  Remained until the farmer died and his sons decided to
sell
> > > them.  Now, they just can't put them back, tho.
> > >
> > > Of course, the solution is NOT to move into one of those
> > > HOAs with the blue-haired lady telling what color to paint
> > > your shutters.  Once you do, you are stuck.  Kinda like those folks
that
> > > move in next to an AIRPORT and then
> > > expect to get PAID because of the noise. I have no sympathy for them.
I
> > > choose NOT to live in such a place.  And I get all the convenience of
> city
> > > living and the
> > >  atmosphere of the country: a grassy meadow (former pasture), lots of
> wood
> > s,
> > > dead end street, close in, yet
> > > very quiet, deer, owls, geese, foxes, and raccoons--which I could do
> > > without, BTW.  AND all the antennas I
> > > want!
> > >
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > > K4KWH
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