Do you live in an Urban, Rural or Backwoods area??

[unit_399]

So many of my base station contacts live off the beaten path. Like Luz and I in the mountains of Colombia. Seldom do I hook up with a station in a big city. They're out there but few and far between. .
I was just wondering where you base operators are located. Do you have an HOA or problems with your neighbors?? We don't live at the end of the world, but I think I can see it from here. Quiet life and great for DXing. Tell me about your QTH.

J J. 399

 

[Rwb]

wide open farm country. 2 miles to neighbors

 

[FlyBoy50]

Small town USA, less than 500 people. With all the draw backs of neighbors. Closest congested area about 15 mile away. But I don't play well with others but you can't please everyone !

 

[YardDog]

Rural here. I have 2 neighbors within 1000 ft. Everyone else is further away. Plenty of woods, pastures, and wildlife. Everyone is spread out pretty good, but we watch out for each other. Anyone driving around that don’t live out here gets noticed pretty quick.

 

[Crawdad]

Older suburban neighborhood. Most homes built in the '60s but well kept. Surprisingly (but happily) very little problem with RFI. No HOA Nazis in sight. So far no one bitching about HexBeam or Yagi. Pipelines to Europe and South America when the bands are open. Have done well to Africa, Indian Ocean also. Parts of eastern and southeastern Asia are tough but keep chipping away at it. Worked China yesterday first time. Oceania islands also tough but have some in the log. Australia and New Zealand no problem. Seems like a good location when the Sun cooperates.

 

[Justme]

Small rural city here in the Netherlands, large house, for me and he cat alone, son lives 300 yards away , 4 bedrooms, garden in front and back.
No problems all electric is underground low noise here on the edge of the city, no problem with neighbours, can run my 500+ watts all day 160 to 23 cm, no restriction on antenna's just complete renovated home fully insulated low rent and costs, good pension so no worries

 

[BC Coyote]

Fairly remote island off the west coast of Canada. Less than 1000 people on the island. Three ferries and at least 12 hours travel time just to reach the mainland of North America (Vancouver) so we don't go away very often!

We live on a 2 acre homestead with a few (but not many) nearby neighbors. No restrictions of any kind at all.............I can put up any kind of antenna I want, but I am limited by all the very tall fir and cedar trees all around me. We have no police (we are considered "self-policing" and no hospital, but we do have a fire dept and a small clinic. Most folks here are VERY independent and self-reliant and grow much of their own food. Oysters from this area are considered among the best in the world and can be collected right off the beach. Our island is pretty much at the edge of civilization...we are at the end of both the power grid and the road system here. Travel further north requires a boat or seaplane.

It's an almost DX paradise though I do get some RFI at times from our decrepit local power lines and neighbors electronic devices. When the band opens up, the whole world comes in, with the notable exception of Africa, which seems to be extremely difficult DX from here.

 

[Crawdad]

Fairly remote island off the west coast of Canada. Less than 1000 people on the island. Three ferries and at least 12 hours travel time just to reach the mainland of North America (Vancouver) so we don't go away very often!

We live on a 2 acre homestead with a few (but not many) nearby neighbors. No restrictions of any kind at all.............I can put up any kind of antenna I want, but I am limited by all the very tall fir and cedar trees all around me. We have no police (we are considered "self-policing" and no hospital, but we do have a fire dept and a small clinic. Most folks here are VERY independent and self-reliant and grow much of their own food. Oysters from this area are considered among the best in the world and can be collected right off the beach. Our island is pretty much at the edge of civilization...we are at the end of both the power grid and the road system here. Travel further north requires a boat or seaplane.

It's an almost DX paradise though I do get some RFI at times from our decrepit local power lines and neighbors electronic devices. When the band opens up, the whole world comes in, with the notable exception of Africa, which seems to be extremely difficult DX from here.

Saying this not to be an arsehole but wanting you to enjoy DXing to the fullest: You are wasting all that saltwater around you stuck only on 11m. Many hams are jealous!

7 3

 

[TM86]

Next to some here I feel like what I thought was a smaller rural town (~16k) is actually a fairly large metro area. Up in the mountains of AZ near the Mogollon rim. Current neighborhood has an HOA, why we bought here is a long story. Just waiting for the right deal so I can get out of this neighborhood and throw up a scatter stick.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

We live right on the edge of the city, technically outside of the city limits, but surrounded on 3 sides. It is a small city with the tallest building having 5 stories. The city has tried to annex us, but lacks the funding to bring public water and sewer. They can keep it, if it means paying city taxes and following the city laws.

Unfortunately the main highway is a block away and one of the local businesses has some junk that gives me an S7 noise floor. One day, their junk must have broken because the noise floor dropped to zero. I had to go outside to make sure my antenna didn't fall over. The next day, the noise was back...

I have a second station in my detached garage and a third station about 100 yards up the street at my mother-in-laws house.

I have talked to Canada, South America, South Africa, Europe, UK, Alaska, Hawaii, Australia when conditions are good. Looking forward to cooler weather, hopefully the DX will improve.

 

[John David Trolinger]

N5ZXO and myself are in a small house 1 mile West of the courthouse in Kerrville.
We can and do have all the antennas that we want. One of the neighbors gave us an old push up mast and we put that up too.
The lot is small so we have a folded dipole for 160m, 40m is on a tower, 30m inverted Vee. Jane likes 10m so we have that on it's own mast and it is up pretty high.

Most of the RFI comes from our own stuff ex. I was cursing the neighbors and the power company for months until discovering that our LED reading lamp with USB charging outlet wiped out two meters any time that something was charging.

The VHF/UHF hams have passed on so I moved into satellites a couple of years ago with an array on the roof.

We can walk to the store and have all the city services which is nice.

In the 1990s we lived on the edge of the Duke forest and had 160M receive and transmit antennas and had fun with that for a few years.

 

[Mudfoot]

I'm on a 3 acre lot on the edge of a small Village. We're in the foothills of Wayne National Forrest in Appalachia. I'm in a valley, which hurts groundwave, but I get buy. This is a redneck area no zoning or codes. Can do just about anything we want.

 

[Brother DXer]

I'm in an older neighborhood of a small city. The city sets on the cusp of the Chihuahuan Desert to the west of us, and the Texas hill country to the east. Our elevation is 2000 feet. It's not like living in any other cities because it's in a very rural part of the state. Life moves slow here and no one gets in a hurry.
No hoa and no city ordinances regarding antennas. Been in this house for 24 years and I know my neighbors like family, and have never heard any complaints. I don't run a crap ton of power.

 

[sp5it]

I live in 35k city center, but I have my station countryside, a few km away with full remote access. No human made noise at all.
Mike

 

[W4KVW]

Rural Small Town USA. We are the 1st home outside of the city limits so our privacy fence serves as the city limits sign is what I always say. You could not give me a home in a Big city for FREE.