[SFDXA] South Florida Ham Question

[Mickey Baker]

Broward County is a big place with many different cities and neighborhoods.

Most towns will permit and antenna/tower, no problem, as long as you can
meet structural and setback rules. The problem is that home owners
associations generally prohibit antennas.

If you want a nice new development with a gate and security guard, you're
likely to have a problem with CCR's that will prohibit a nice tower and
beam.

BUT... almost all towns (but not all) have older neighborhoods or stand
alone properties where you can get a tower up.

You should drive around and find what you like in your price range, lot
size where you could put up antennas, and the absence of an HOA. Get
educated with realtor.com and Zillow. Then find a realtor that knows the
neighborhood and find you the right home at the right price. 80% of sales
in Broward go through realtors.

There are a number of ham/realtors around. Let me know if you're interested
in meeting one.

73,

Mickey N4MB


On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I believe there is no homeowners' association in Plantation Acres and
> Southwest Ranches.  Almost every planned community has CCA restrictions.
>
> 73, Bill NZ5N
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Bill <bmarx at bellsouth.net>
> To: aSFDXA <SFDXA at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 3:03 PM
> Subject: [SFDXA] South Florida Ham Question
>
>
>
> Hello Bill,
>
> My wife and I have begun thinking about leaving NY and South Florida is
> one of the options.
> We are originally from NY City and currently live near Kingston, NY and
> have plenty of land so I have couple of towers and a reasonably good
> radio location.
> Our house is going on the market next month but it may take a year or
> more to sell so unless a small miracle happens there's no real urgency
> at the moment.
>
> I am a very active DXer and contester and don't want to give that up.
> We recently looked at a few places in the Boynton Beach/Delray area but
> golf clubs and CCA communities are not for us.
>
> I have heard there may possibilities for houses with a reasonable cost
> and some land in Wellington and Jupiter but we have no idea.
> Can you give me suggestions where to look? Are there antenna restricted
> areas we should stay away from?
> Also, I saw a post this AM where the poster said that towers in FL are
> height limited due to weather concerns. Is that true?
>
> I'll be leaving for a little over a month mid March for the Mellish Reef
> DXpedition so there's nothing we can do for a while anyway.
> I hope you guys will be able to work VK9MT so look for us.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions or help that you can offer.
>
> 73, Les W2LK
>
>
>
>
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