Sharpstown has a similar antenna rule. “No antenna wires past the front of the house”. Thats it. Put up anything you wish. I have over the past 40 years. There are communities within Houston that have minimal restrictions. Just gotta find them. Rick. W5RH
Sent from my i-Thingamajig > On May 13, 2022, at 9:11 AM, Jeffrey Carson via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > Agree with W5JEF i'm 9 years in with a G5RV, 17' TRAM dual band, 2 Stacked 2m > loops all in a very strict HOA gated community. As long as its not really > noticeable from the street, you will likely get away with it. Always the > neighbors are another factor, I planned ahead and did all my antenna erecting > as early as I could to not bring attention. A wire going from your roof over > a tree and tied off at the fence is more invisible than you might imagine, > and very effective as an antenna. Most people wont go in your back yard and > look up! > > I'm moving at the end of next week, I found a neighborhood with a peculiar > antenna policy..: "No antennas in front of the front boundary of the main > dwelling on the property", i'm thinking they had cattle cable at some point > or another Ham got ahold of that bylaw and adjusted. :-) > > KF5ONT > > On Friday, May 13, 2022, 08:18:56 AM CDT, JP Pritchard via BVARC > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And if I'd opened you second post I would have seen the picture. Thanks, > JP >> On 05/13/2022 7:37 AM Jeff Greer via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> There's a pic of it at https://www.qrz.com/db/w5jef, if you're interested. >> >> -j >> >> >> >> From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Jeff Greer via BVARC >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2022 7:34 AM >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] >> <[email protected]> >> Cc: Jeff Greer <[email protected]>; 'CTDXCC' <[email protected]>; >> [email protected] <[email protected]>; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Ham Radio in an HOA >> >> I, too, am in an HOA with a strict "no antennas" rule, and I, too, have a >> radiant barrier blocking RF in the attic. I home-brewed a DX Commander >> clone (search YouTube for "DX Commander") and put it up in the back yard. I >> don't think anybody who's not a ham recognizes it as an antenna. It just >> looks like a 31-foot fiberglass telescoping pole standing up in the yard. >> (I used a Jackite pole from Amazon, which is typically used for flying >> bird-shaped kites, as I understand it. You'll see these poles set up along >> the seawall in Galveston, with various kites/windsocks attached to their >> tops...) >> >> It's been up for months, and nobody's said a word to me about it. >> >> My goal is to get DXCC on 100 watts on SSB before delving into CW and >> digital. I've talked to hams in a bunch of DXCC entities, and, so far, I >> have 36 LOTW confirmations and 2 QSL cards for my efforts. It'd be more if >> I had more time to operate... >> >> Moral of the story: sometimes it's best to ask for forgiveness (if you have >> to) than to ask for permission... >> >> -Jeff, W5JEF >> >> >> ...I also have a cheap weather station that I intend to mount on top of the >> PVC pipe housing my Ed Fong VHF/UHF antenna. I'll put it up, and can claim >> that it's a weather station and not an antenna. There are ways to get >> things up in the air, even in an HOA... >> >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2022 9:49 PM >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Cc: 'CTDXCC' <[email protected]>; [email protected] >> <[email protected]>; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]>; >> [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: [BVARC] Ham Radio in an HOA >> >> Thank you for your comments, Dave. And I really enjoyed listening to Bob >> Heil on the Zoom call tonight. >> >> I’m just getting settled in Bryan, TX, and I’m also struggling with HOA >> restrictions on external antennas. One thing I did not know (coming from >> Northern Virginia) about Texas is the aluminum foil that lines my attic roof >> sheeting (“heat barrier”), which turned a huge, functional open space into >> an RF “vault.” We do have a six foot, wooden fence around the property >> line, so I could install a longwire/dipole along the top of the fence but >> suffer from a minimal height, or I could install metal gutters and tune >> them, or a “flag pole” vertical is a possible third option… There are no >> trees on our 1/4 acre lot. Oh, and I’m not sure if I should drill and >> penetrate the house’s exterior, stone wall… or use some sort of antenna-coax >> “pass-through” connectors in a window opening. >> >> Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. >> >> 73’s, >> >> Kevin / N4RMF >> Bryan >> >> >> From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David F. Reed via BVARC >> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2022 7:11 PM >> To: CTDXCC <[email protected]>; [email protected]; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR >> RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> >> Cc: David F. Reed <[email protected]> >> Subject: [BVARC] Ham Radio in an HOA >> >> Greetings all; I just thought I would give a quick report on my operating >> within an HOA with restrictions… >> >> As you might guess, my antennas are severely compromised (mostly using a >> terminated folded dipole in the attic while trying to get permission for an >> external Carolina Windom)… >> >> My serious DXing is by remote base, but I have re-discovered digital modes >> (primarily FT8); barefoot (expecting amplifier back from repair at the >> mother ship next week), I have managed to work some 40 countries in the last >> few months. >> >> Just thought it might be worth sharing; I encourage other frustrated DXers >> in HOAs to give FT8 a try - definitely not for ragchewrs though… >> >> 73 de W5SV - Dave >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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