[Scan-DC] State law protects ham radio operator, frustrates neighbors in Windsor Twp.

John Wilson w4uvv at comcast.net
Thu Feb 27 12:06:50 EST 2020


You got that right!

John:-)
W4UVV

Greg Danes wrote:
> True,
>
> I am sorry but these same people watch everyone coming an going to and 
> fro and think themselves "Neighborhood Watch" folks, yeah they are, 
> sort of but then feel emboldened to push their rules of living on 
> everyone they see. Sad to say they have lots of time on their hands 
> and little to do with it productive.
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:46 PM John Wilson <w4uvv at comcast.net 
> <mailto:w4uvv at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     *Heck, if these neighbors had checked with me first, I could have to
>     told them what the outcome would be and save them $3,000-$5,000 in
>     kegak
>     fees. Federal law rules, not state or county or city laws or
>     neighborhood signed petitions.  An "eyesore" is in the eye of the
>     beholder. These  offended neighbors should count their blessings. 
>     Tower
>     section lengths typically are 10 ft. each.  Their female ham radio
>     operator has 20 ft. of addition height she could raise her tower to
>     approximately about 60 ft., which is a typical tower height.**
>     **
>     **  When I lived in Lexington, KY in 1964-1968 while traveling in a
>     particular area a doctor, who also was a ham operator, had a 100 ft.
>     sectional guyed tower with pretty much the same antenna configuration
>     shown in the article's picture.  There always is someone somewhere in
>     all 50 states who don't like towers of any kind and spend money
>     with a
>     lawyer trying to force their local government pass a local law
>     requiring
>     their neighbor ham operator remove his/her tower.  As all these
>     neighbors eventually found out, it resulted in wasting their monies.
>     The offended neighbors basically have the same choices as
>     neighbors who
>     live close to an airport...live with it or relocate to an aesthetic
>     neighborhood area that is a acceptable .**
>     *
>     *John**:-)**
>     **W4UVV***
>
>     Alan Henney wrote:
>     > State law protects ham radio operator, frustrates neighbors in
>     Windsor Twp.
>     >
>     >
>     https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2020/02/20/state-law-protects-amateur-radio-operators-frustrates-neighbors/4788331002/
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