[GreenKeys] FW: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators Supporting S 1534 - the Amateur Radio Parity Act

[tony.podrasky]

GE OMs;

Jeff - I completely agree with you - EXCEPT no one plays
by the rules.

Look at the guy in the White House and the
one that just left it: LIARS LIARS LIARS!

Try lying to your boss and see how long you get to keep your job, right?

ANYWAY,

Well, here's my story;

I'm in a HOA community, with antenna restrictions.

I'm also the V.P. on the board of directors.

And I used pure terrorism to put up my Isotron antenna.

Here's the way it went down:

(During the monthly walk-around where we look for violations
  and things that need attention)

T= The Guys: Hey Tony - what's that thing?
M= Me: It's an antenna for my Amateur Radio Station.
T: You can't put up an antenna - it's against the CC&Rs.
M: Yeah, - I know: I've read thru all the CC&Rs.
T: When are you going to take it down?
M: As soon as you empty out your garage, which as you know the
    CC&Rs say you must use as your primary parking space...

M: Anybody else got a problem with my antenna?

-End of Issue- (because they were all breaking at least one
  or more of the CC&Rs - and didn't want to correct the condition.)

UE,
K2EAA - TONY
NNNN
ZCZC


On 07/26/2017 05:06 PM, Jeffrey Angus wrote:
> On 7/26/17 5:01 PM, Jack wrote:
>> The ARRL has been trying for years to get the government to support
>> less-stringent rules about Ham antennas in areas where “covenants
>> and restrictions” limit, or completely prohibit, antennas.
> And now, for a probably unpopular opposing view point.
>
> I've heard all sorts of excuse about why one would chose to live in a HOA
> or CC&R controlled house. But the bottom line is that these restrictions are
> there for a reason. "Keep 'those people' out of here." And the reason you
> want to live there is you don't want "those people" for neighbors.
> "Those people" are, pick your poison, minorities, gypsies, white trash etc.
> I have news for you, as amateur radio people, we are also "those people."
>
> Online forums and QST, the "official journal of the ARRL" have for the past
> 20 years or so consistently published articles on how you can circumvent
> the contract you knowingly signed and erect some sort of stealth antenna.
> Bird houses and flag poles are two of the more popular ones.
>
> Of course, never one to let a good tragedy go to waste, the big excuse now
> is "emergency" communications. Despite that 95% of hams have nothing to
> do with ARES or RACES and 95% of "emergency" communications take part
> on VHF and UHF frequencies, this whole thing is about being allowed HF
> antennas. An overwhelming portion of the United States does NOT have HOA
> and CC&R issues. Let them deal with the 1/4% of HF "emergency" traffic and
> stop acting like you're the only one in existence and have to have that
> radio
> version of the dead pickup truck on blocks in your driveway.
>
> Jeff
> Licensed since 1968.
>
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