[NLRS] Places to live in Texas

Sun Mar 20 14:40:57 EDT 2011

On my map, Dripping Springs is 20 miles from the center of Austin. On mt 
topo map, Dripping Springs is about 1150 ASL while most of Austin is 
below 850 though the adjacent Signal Hill is 1100 ASL. The land seems to 
rise going west from Dripping Springs reaching 1750 at Monument Hill 
about 25 miles est of Dripping Springs and 1700 at Fredericksburg where 
several hills pass 1900 ASL east of the city. I suspect outside of city 
limits, there are few zoning rules if any at all. Nor services. Just 
that the city limits may be way beyond the visible population occupied 
area, like Plano, Allen, and McKinney 48 years ago. Where today the 
boundary lines between those towns are buried in urban sprawl.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 3/20/2011 11:54 AM, S. Earl Jarosh wrote:
>
>
> I double what Donn said.  I also have a friend that lives in Dripping
> Springs with a very high end wood counter top business on his property in a
> large 40 x 60 pole barn he built.  It is a hilly and pretty area with larger
> tracts of land (2.5-10 arcs).  It is a nice town and an easy commute to
> Austin.
>
> I'd contact K5VH about tower issues
>
>
> S. Earl Jarosh
> Cell:  612.868.1313
> Off:   763.545.3275
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> Fax:   763.546.7897
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Donn
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:52 PM
> To: tosca005 at umn.edu; NLRS Reflector
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] Places to live in Texas
>
>
>
> A couple of times I've driven between Austin and San Antonio... NOT along
> I-35 but farther west, along US281.  This is in or at least along the edge
> of the "Hill Counrty."  I thought it was beautiful country... not too unlike
> central NY although no where near as wet and no lakes.  :-)
>
> Tommy, K5VH, lives in Dripping Springs, west of Austin.  Appears to be a
> nice little town.  I'm guessing its a reasonable commute into Austin, but
> don't know.
>
> I remember some decent hills along US281 between Marble Falls (NW of Austin)
> to south of Blanco (west of Austin).
>
> Central States In San Antonio in July 2007 was WET, but normally its dry and
> hot.  I was in Austin at the end of April in 2005 and thought I'd suffocate
> when they opened the plane door.  VERY hot and humid.  Later that day, a
> cool front moved through and it was simply beautiful the rest of the long
> weekend.
>
> 73 Donn
> WA2VOI/0
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:<tosca005 at umn.edu>
> To: "NLRS Reflector"<nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 1:24 AM
> Subject: [NLRS] Places to live in Texas
>
>
>>
>>
>> It appears that a move to Texas is possibly in my future, sometime between
>> July 2011 and Juy 2012. (Nothing firm yet, though.) We are most likely to
>> be looking for a place near either San Antonio or Austin, depending on
>> where my daughter decides to take a job.
>>
>> Are there any areas near either of those two metro areas that have
> elevated
>> ground suitable for putting up a tall tower or roving to? I haven't lived
>> in Texas for 33 years, and I'm sure a lot of things have changed since
>> then, such as expansion of the metro areas further outside of the city
>> centers. But I doubt that geography has changed much, and my recollections
>> are of intense flatness. I suppose if EVERYTHING around a location is
>> really flat, the line of sight horizon is quite a distance away, still I
>> feel that higher is better if possible.
>>
>> Also, any tips on whether cities around there are likely to have severly
>> restrictive antenna ordinances? If I make this major move, I would like it
>> to be my last one for a long time, and I have waited far too long to put
> up
>> a decent antenna tower. This might be my first (and last) chance to do so.
>>
>> I hope this isn't considered too far off-topic, but I figured that avid
>> radio operators might have good insight into the local conditions down
>> there in Texas, and I know that there aree people on this reflector who
>> live or have lived down that way...
>>
>> 73 de W0JT
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