Quite possibly.
But I didn't call attention by asking. :) From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 21:13 To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Subject: Re: [BVARC] Nice camo tactic.... It's a good idea to know the rules in your neighborhood. It's unlikely that there's an outright ban on antennas. Of course, the rules might be worded strangely like they are for my HoA, and if you ask nicely, an ambiguous wording can probably be turned to your advantage. On 08/26/2014 04:08 PM, Scott Royall via BVARC wrote: I don't think you and Jonathan live in neighborhoods where there has been an influx of New Orleans refugees. HOAs do serve a purpose, and nothing is perfect. I also feel that hams sometimes vastly overrate the power of HOAs in regards to antennas. Yes, they can start lawsuits over the matter of deed restrictions, but those suits run for years and are expensive for both sides. Perhaps Jonathan's HOA is wealthy and zealous, but I can't make the same claim about mine. They pick their battles carefully. I have 40-foot trees in my backyard and TWO HF antennas. Nary a peep from my HOA. Of course it would be a different matter if I stuck a rhombic beam in my FRONT yard. In ,my youth, there was a ham in an affluent Baton Rouge neighborhood that had a rhombic on a HUGE tower that straddled his driveway! From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of WILLIS COOKE via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 15:27 To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Subject: Re: [BVARC] Nice camo tactic.... The only answer to HOAs is to refuse to buy a house that has an HOA with antenna restrictions. If you buy the house and agree, you are stuck with the restrictions you agreed to. If most people will readily agree, then you will have trouble finding a house to buy, but there are some. If you want to live in an organized sub-division where everyone needs to conform to the rules, then you are the problem because most people do not want to live where someone might interfere with their soap opera to use a transmitter. If your spouse insists on living in such an awful place, then it is up to you to convince the spouse the error of their ways, suffer the consequences or live with someone else or alone. It is all up to you! Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 10:04 AM, "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> " <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: what we need do to is to eliminate all HOA's and their control freaks all together. No little HOA should be able to tell me I can't have a shop etc in the house. These folks have nothing better to do than mess up peoples lives These HOA's are somebodys idea of a wet dream Jo.L. KE7NSB ____________________________________________________________ The #1 Worst Carb Ever? Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/53fca16cafa42216c5c1est04vuc _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org -- Jonathan Guthrie ARS KA8KPN
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