We had a very robust cellular infrastructure then, and still do of course but a lot of it went down not due to power outages - they're all battery powered with propane generator and solar power backup - but because stuff fell on them and knocked down the antennas and towers. SighĬlick to expand.Actually it was in 1994, and not that much has changed. (I realize this probably wouldn't be practical, but I think a good brainstorming session would work wonders). What if we found a builder that routinely banned antennas in their covenants, and picketed their sales office. I dislike "cookie-cutter covenants" (they all say the same thing). Would it be possible to try to enact this type of (Radio Parity Act) legislation at a local or state level? Why is it that enacting legislation is the only road the ARRL is taking in this matter? There are many, MANY, other strategies available. I have often wondered why the ARRL doesn't have any outreach to organizations that support HOAs, to try to convince them that antennas could be erected that would not detract from their decor. The first would be for the ARRL to develop a database of builders and HOAs that allow antennas, and a list of builders/HOAs that don't. I've been brainstorming ideas in my mind, and probably have three or four pages worth. I'll be dead before something is enacted. This is the second year the ARRL has tried this strategy. Last I read, the House Bill has a 2% chance of passing. I haven't heard much about what the ARRL has been doing in dropping off the letters. Yes - I wrote letters to my two Senators and one Representative, and sent them to the ARRL for delivery, as requested. In my opinion, the ARRL has been slow and weak responding to covenants forbidding outdoor antennas. In a free country, a wire antenna from tree to tree, above my own property would be perfectly reasonable, yet here would be grounds for "action" by the local HOA. The simple fact is that my 63 inch magnetic loop antenna ( painted to match the house ) and QRP rig are absolutely not going to adversely impact anyone and likely never be noticed by other than the most nosey, self-centred Quisling who is looking for some nit to cause grief for any target of opportunity. To consider oneself above reason is sure sign of a tyrant - large or small. You see the use of " Because I Say So!" has never held much sway with me as a persuasive argument. With no actual reasoning allowed, they haven't a foot to stand-on with any reasonable person, to my way of thinking. Here, the local HOA gang does not even ALLOW the presentation of ANY reason, evidence or discussion at all to question their arbitrary "rules". Many HOA decrees, such as the local 'No Ham Radio Antennas." are utter & arbitrary rubbish. "Reasonable accommodation" makes perfect sense, in that it's to be predicated upon reason.
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