Any CCR that prohibits all antennas or all except a small dish are in violation of the 1996 (?) Telecommunications Act. Depending on your state and local laws - that sentence, paragraph or the entire CCR may be in violation.
As a Chief Engineer of a TV station, we used that ACT to force HOAs to accept outdoor TV antennas. I wasn't a Ham in those days so never had the opportunity to test compliance. No HOA balked once they were sent a copy of the relative parts of the Act. 73 George AI4VZ On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 12:44 AM John Marvin <jm...@themarvins.org> wrote: > Luckily for you, they were not aware of the FCC OTARD rules which > absolutely override covenants with respect to small satellite antennas, > rooftop TV antennas, and wireless ISP/cell dishes/antennas. However, the > OTARD exemption does not cover ham radio antennas (there have been bills > to try to add an exemption for them, but none have succeeded). No HOA > has succeeded in challenging these rule, although many have tried. > > John, AC0ZG > > https://www.fcc.gov/media/over-air-reception-devices-rule > > > On 6/28/2021 8:32 PM, eda...@aya.yale.edu wrote: > > I confess to having done something similar, though I used a jiu-jitsu > move > > rather than rational argument as Phil did. Within five or so years of > > moving in I became the President of the HOA (because no-one else wanted > it) > > and, like Phil, after six or seven years of it (because still no-one else > > wanted it) I quit and wouldn't do it again for love or money either. > > However, during my tenure I pointed out at a meeting of the HOA that our > > covenants had an absolute no-external-antenna rule, yet about half of the > > garages in the association had two-foot diameter satellite TV dishes on > the > > roof (this was the early 2000s.) Under the existing covenants, they > would > > all have to go. Either that, or to protect them we could amend the > > covenants by just deleting the no-antenna rule entirely. The vote was > > unanimous. > > > > Ted, KN1CBR > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:25:15 -0700 > > From: Phil Kane <k2...@kanafi.org> > > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] HOA Crap > > Message-ID: <ec600765-1828-78e0-40f1-c4c8b7066...@kanafi.org> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > > > That's where I was when we moved into a brand-new condo in California > > in1988. At the time the "Board" was the developer, and I scored a > > meeting with their VP-engineering. Spoke to him engineer-to-engineer > > and got approval for several VHF/UHF antennas on the roof. When the > > Board was turned over to the owners I made sure that I was on the new > > Board and I drafted a Memorandum of Ratification that covered more > > antennas including a long wire with secured access to the roof. The > > other two Board members were too dumb to do anything but approve it. > > Even after I was off the Board in a power play the antennas stayed there > > until we moved in 1999. Note - I have no intention of serving on a > > Condo or HOA Board again even for a sack of gold..... > > > > > > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane > > Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 > > > > From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest > > Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > Message delivered to jm...@themarvins.org > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to gdanne...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
