[HCARC] Successful Antenna and Mast Take Down and Delivery

[Gary J - N5BAA]

Thanks Dennis,

Someone has to use the Reflector for something - Hi Hi!!  It is such a great 
asset that goes so unused.  It would be so great to see people post at least 
"lessons learned" whenever they take on or complete a project whether or not 
the project was successful.  Negative results are as instructive as positive 
ones - both are learning experiences.

Gary J
N5BAA

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dennis Robertson
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 9:45 AM
To: Gary J - N5BAA
Subject: Re: [HCARC] Successful Antenna and Mast Take Down and Delivery

Good report Gary.....

Dennis W5FBG


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary J - N5BAA" <qltfnish at omniglobal.net>
To: <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 9:52 PM
Subject: [HCARC] Successful Antenna and Mast Take Down and Delivery


>A heart felt thank you to Tony Moore and Gordon Green, both relatively new 
>members of the club for their assistance in taking down the Cushcraft R-7 
>antenna Harvey V. emailed about last week.  It was an easy disassembly of 
>the mast from the makeshift tower (8 inch diameter treated Fence post 16 
>feet long) with a rudimentary tilting mechanism which wasn’t activated due 
>to a fence on one side and a new outdoor pavilion on the other.  Mrs Burton 
>was glad to have it down and we managed to leave her with a filled in hole 
>with grass planted over the top.  In several weeks she won’t ever know the 
>antenna mast was there.
>
> The antenna was then delivered later today to it’s new Owner and QTH – 
> Alan Cone and the “Tower” delivered to another Tech Class Operator named 
> Kevin Holtan (Kevin is the guy who works as a lead silversmith for James 
> Avery and who is wanting to manufacture a limited line of sterling silver 
> Ham Keys – get in line folks and start buying up odd sterling silver 
> spoons and forks to provide the silver for your Ham Key).  With Alan 
> living in River Hills and having recently acquired a stealth 40 ft crank 
> up mast, the R-7 is the perfect complement, allowing stealth since the 
> antenna requires no radial system, thus allowing it to be retracted down 
> behind his QTH, out of sight, and away from the prying eyes of the 
> neighborhood Deed Enforcement Crew.  Of course if we all do our part of 
> getting to our Congressional and Senate Critters, we will with the help of 
> the ARRL get the law passed that makes it illegal for Homeowners 
> associations to totally restrict outdoor antennas.  They will be able to 
> say the antennas can’t be offensive (no 180 foot towers with big arrays), 
> but will have to allow discreet antennas like verticals which can be 
> partially hidden.  Alan’s new antenna will surely meet those requirements. 
> You can help by calling or emailing your representative and encourage them 
> to join the sponsorship of the bill in the House of Reps in support of 
> ARRL’s efforts on behalf of many many Ham Operators.
>
> The Bill referenced above is HR-4969.  Here is a quote from ARRL:
>
> “The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014, introduced in the US House of 
> Representatives with bipartisan support in late June, calls on the FCC to 
> apply the "reasonable accommodation" three-part test of the PRB-1 federal 
> pre-emption policy to private land-use restrictions regarding antennas. 
> The limited PRB-1 pre-emption currently applies only to state and 
> municipal land-use ordinances. The FCC has indicated its reluctance to 
> provide the same legal protections from private land-use agreements --  
> often called covenants, conditions, and restrictions or CC&Rs -- without 
> direction from Congress.”
>
> Lets get Congress to give this direction to the FCC.
>
>
> Gary J
> N5BAA
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