[GreenKeys] FW: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators

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I'm kinda in the same frame of mind as Jeff.  When I sign a contract, I don't normally expect the government to void it so I can play with a favorite hobby.  OTOH, I believe the spirit of the contracts is to prevent eyesores that lower property values, because buyers want to know their big investment has some protection.  In that spirit, stealth antennas appear to be fair play.  They aren't eyesores & often are invisible, no effect on property appearance or value.  Some stealth ideas actually aren't antennas per se, they're flagpoles, gutters, etc., that we are able to use like antennas (hi hi).

I've also seen in established neighborhoods, the old HOA has lost it's zeal & often its members, and as long as you're not raising your neighbor's dander you can get away with reasonable stuff that's technically non-contractual.  I'm told that the more that happens, the less enforceable the contract becomes.  Any lawyers on board to weigh in on that?

 

 My own neighborhood orginally banned antennas, yet when we were looking to buy, there was one CB-looking monopole down the street.  I also noted that the covenant "grandfathered" anything that was not objected to in the first few days after construction.  Read yours carefully for any "outs" like that.

Wayne
WB4OGM

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Angus <jdangus at att.net>
To: greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, Jul 26, 2017 6:06 pm
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] FW: ARRL Request to Contact Your US Senators Supporting S 1534 - the Amateur Radio Parity Act


    On 7/26/17 5:01 PM, Jack wrote:
    
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.


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