[Elecraft] Federal Preemption

[k3yt at adelphia.net]

My roofline is 22 feet.  I can go 10 feet over it.

I told them I was putting up a 32 foot tower with the TV antenna.

No bluff to call.  I knew what I could do.

BTW I am in lot 1 right next to the gate.

73 de Bob K3YT


---- N2EY at aol.com wrote: 

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In a message dated 3/22/06 6:22:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
k3yt at adelphia.net writes:


> Since I have a small dish I told them as per Federal Law I would be putting 
> up a 30 foot tower and the biggest TV LPDA I could get since 
> our nearest ABC stations are in Ft. Pierce and Miami, 60 miles North and 
> South of me.
> 

Be glad they didn't call your bluff and actually read the Federal preemption.

The TV antenna preemption does not mean you can put up anything you want for 
TV reception! They specified the size of antenna and mast for broadcast TV, 
how high above the roofline of the house it could be, etc. If that wouldn't do 
the job, too bad. 

The ironic thing is that 'cable TV' was originally invented way back in the 
1950s as a way for people in fringe areas to have good TV reception without 
having to put lots of metal in the air. It all started in Mahony City, here in 
EPA.

73 de Jim, N2EY