There are plenty of good antenna options that HOAs can do absolutely nothing about. I live in a townhouse in a restricted development, and my primary HF antenna is a High Sierra HS1800 mounted on a short pipe in a bucket of cement. When I want to operate, I just set the bucket with the pre-mounted HS1800 base out onto the driveway, spread out the 8 10-foot radials, and attach the whip. Antenna setup takes all of about two minutes. There's simply nothing a HOA can say or do about it because a) it's not attached to the house and b) isn't any kind of permanent structure. I also have a Buddipole -- again, no problems in a HOA development. Even if the HOA were to complain, I'd just mount the HS1800 on my car and plug into it from the shack when I want to operate.
73, Steve - KW4H On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:04 PM, dalekretzer <dalekret...@comcast.net> wrote: > The question was raised regarding the future of Elecraft and ham radio > in general as to what happens when we old boomers buying most of the > equipment die off. That ties in with something bothering me lately, > somewhat on topic. > > Working with a group of youngsters here in Sacramento, many of whom have > their Technician or even General Class licenses, I see a constant > pattern. They all tend to live in neighborhoods with tight HOA (Home > Owner Association) restrictions and are unable to put up antennas. While > that's not entirely true when it comes to stealth installations, it's a > major hurdle for those not used to tinkering with antennas. > > We boomers for the most part have avoided such situations when buying > our homes, but the kids have no option, plus may have parents concerned > about visible wires, etc. > > So, that begs the question, what happens to the future of our fine > Elecraft business operation when we all are so hampered in trying to > increase the younger base in our hobby? The rapid growth of HOA > restrictions is truly throttling our hobby! > > 73, Dale - K6PJV > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
