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FCC taking comments for HOA Restrictions For Emergency Communications
- Thread starter Mudfoot
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HOA or not, if you lived next door to me I would have taken them down myself. Well unless they were accompanied by a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY sign for your wife and then i could live with them for a couple days.
I am still deciding how much my life is worth while contemplating that stunt for my wife's 50'th birthday next year.
So if I understand this correctly they want HAMs to comment on how a Home Owners Association might deter their ('their' meaning the HAM operator) abilities to assist in emergency communications, should such a situation arise at some point in time, due to the restrictions on what type of antennas (and towers?) can or can not be erected on the HAM operator's own property?
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I am still deciding how much my life is worth while contemplating that stunt for my wife's 50'th birthday next year.
here ya go
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Basically you are correct.
HOA`s, Counties, and City's can, and sometimes do intact restrictions on antennas, towers and other structure's that severally limit what can be put up....
There was a guy not long ago that bought some land outside of a town, built his house, He went to the County, filed for and got Permits and started putting up his towers.
All nice and legal but some of his neighbors started a ruckus about him spoiling the view of the mountains...this was not in a city, but a rural area.
I do not think you have to be a Ham to comment, generally they are asking for "public" comment so I think anyone can comment.
This is the kind of reaction you often get when you put up a tower, on your own property...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC_EeWSKJII
Note he keeps it cranked down when not in use.
73
Jeff
HOA`s, Counties, and City's can, and sometimes do intact restrictions on antennas, towers and other structure's that severally limit what can be put up....
There was a guy not long ago that bought some land outside of a town, built his house, He went to the County, filed for and got Permits and started putting up his towers.
All nice and legal but some of his neighbors started a ruckus about him spoiling the view of the mountains...this was not in a city, but a rural area.
I do not think you have to be a Ham to comment, generally they are asking for "public" comment so I think anyone can comment.
This is the kind of reaction you often get when you put up a tower, on your own property...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC_EeWSKJII
Note he keeps it cranked down when not in use.
73
Jeff
Oh God no.
My uncle Frank started making those whirligigs after he retired from Lordstown GM as a hobby....everytime he come up here he brought a bunch of them with him as presents.....he expected me to put cut-outs of the Cleveland Indians mascot "Chief Wahoo" in my front yard in Detroit Tigers country.....that would just be asking for trouble...ha ha.....the only one I ever put up was a bird that when the wind blowed the wings would spin....it stayed there for 25yrs until it fell apart.
Old women have too much time on their hands...so they got to find something to bitch about...most of the old 2 story houses in this town have tv antenna towers close to that tall...I guess things change when you get into the McMansion neighborhoods.
Here Is the Link to Submit your filling.
Submit a Filing
Here Is the Link were you can search for others that have filed, and there comments:
Search for Filings
Just type 12-91 in the box that says" Proceeding Number"
Scroll down to the bottom and click the "search for comments " button.
73
Jeff
Submit a Filing
Here Is the Link were you can search for others that have filed, and there comments:
Search for Filings
Just type 12-91 in the box that says" Proceeding Number"
Scroll down to the bottom and click the "search for comments " button.
73
Jeff
here in rural East Texas, a friend encountered a HOA problem. not a gated community, her privacy fence was the wrong color. had to hire painters to return and redo it. glad I am more rural,~~
Yes, it can get a little out of hand.
I think it would benefit everyone to just take 5 min and write a few words in a comment to the FCC and see if we can get them to make Amateur op`s exempt.
You do not need to write a 5 page letter, one page, a few words and how you think it would serve the public in general to allow this.
Or if you are not in favor of an exemption, that is you right as well.
Just do not let the comment time go by with out doing anything.
If we do not,
The result will be that they will make a decision with no input from anyone.
73
Jeff
I think it would benefit everyone to just take 5 min and write a few words in a comment to the FCC and see if we can get them to make Amateur op`s exempt.
You do not need to write a 5 page letter, one page, a few words and how you think it would serve the public in general to allow this.
Or if you are not in favor of an exemption, that is you right as well.
Just do not let the comment time go by with out doing anything.
If we do not,
The result will be that they will make a decision with no input from anyone.
73
Jeff
Cbers also.
I cannot count the times we have assisted in emergency situations over the years.
I agree with you about helping others, but I doubt this action will have any effect on the CB Band.
73
Jeff
Tv antenna are already exempt
Captain Kilowatt
The FCC has overruled the HOA Natzis in regard to TV antennas (One meter or less).
Amen
If everyone refused to sign the agreement( even if that means not buying the house) when the house was new the HOAs would not exist.
On the other hand it could be argued that people agreed to the restrictions before they moved in.
And if you were tricked into something you didn't agree to (Like they changed the rules after), study the rules and fight them, park an old manure spreader on the lawn (landscape art) or whatever they forgot to specifically forbid (and they forgot something).
You might not win and the neighbors might hate you, but they would be secretly pooling money to buy you out (hold out for enough to move up to a more rural home).
I say that kind of jokingly cause I know 99% of the people that live there want it that way of they would live elsewhere.
I think the die hard hams will say if you can't hide an antenna from the neighbors you aren't trying hard enough.
Captain Kilowatt
The FCC has overruled the HOA Natzis in regard to TV antennas (One meter or less).
Amen
If everyone refused to sign the agreement( even if that means not buying the house) when the house was new the HOAs would not exist.
On the other hand it could be argued that people agreed to the restrictions before they moved in.
And if you were tricked into something you didn't agree to (Like they changed the rules after), study the rules and fight them, park an old manure spreader on the lawn (landscape art) or whatever they forgot to specifically forbid (and they forgot something).
You might not win and the neighbors might hate you, but they would be secretly pooling money to buy you out (hold out for enough to move up to a more rural home).
I say that kind of jokingly cause I know 99% of the people that live there want it that way of they would live elsewhere.
I think the die hard hams will say if you can't hide an antenna from the neighbors you aren't trying hard enough.