Although I've never had to deal with an HOA, I lived for thirty years in a neighborhood that "frowned" upon any kind of tower, and the lot was small enough that I didn't want one to dominate everything anyway. I worked over 300 countries with simple homebrew verticals and had lots of fun doing so, but for you or anyone else to tell me that I should just be content to live with those restrictions is beyond your pay grade.
Antenna restrictions are not the only limitation some folks have to live with. Local QRN can be a real issue for some, and trust me ... it is a LOT more fun to be able to hear stations than it is not to hear them. Ask any contester how much fun it is to endlessly call stations only to have most of your RF end up as heat loss in the ground or a nearby building. I now have a tower with excellent antennas on a nice hillside lot. Very few people get to enjoy what I experience during a contest, where I can run a frequency for hours and not have to rely solely on S&P. Remote operation potentially gives some folks that opportunity and I can't see a thing wrong with it. Joe said it "smells" and I'm just really curious why. Dave AB7E On 1/16/2012 4:27 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: > I will guess that Joe is suggesting that remote operation should not be > needed to enjoy ham radio from any location. Maybe, I am just guessing. > > > On Jan 16, 2012, at 3:25 PM, David Gilbert wrote: > >> So ... what exactly about that "smells"? You figure they're trying to >> cheat in some way? What else would you have against somebody doing that? >> >> Dave AB7E >> >> >> >> On 1/16/2012 2:09 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: >>>> I have thought for many years that it would be a great feature if a >>>> radio club could set up a super station and offer remote access to its >>>> apartment-bound members. >>> I keep hearing this - and the "HOA limitation" - as justification for >>> remote operation. As far as I'm concerned both just don't "pass the >>> smell test." >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
