Thanks for your comments, Dave.
People see something unfamiliar, and they *hate* it.
Tampa is about an hour north of me, and their local electric company
(not the one that supplies power
to ME) "upsized" their poles in a high-dollar neighborhood, on their
easement, as is their proper right to
do. The people there did not like it... so the local TV station went
their with their mobile truck... and interviewed
a local housewife.... I'm paraphrasing now, but, she wanted those
dangerous pole shortened back to where
they were...she thought that the higher up they are, the more
dangerous.... those poles cause cancer and...
better to have them closer in, than waaay up there....?
73
Randy
KZ4RV
On 2/4/2012 9:29 PM, David Thompson wrote:
> Randy,
>
> When I was finishing up my degrees in College my best friend was a EE
> in Power Engineering. The big discussion was whether to unground
> everything or keep putting up poles (now over 50% composites). Guess
> who won? You are right that no one complains. Cell towers never got
> to that level of acceptance. The Banks made CC&R's required for
> funding subdivisions around 1980. Boy did hams get the short stick!
>
> Its not just outback NC with restrictions. I visited a ham who lived
> on over 2 acres 30 miles North of Atlanta. The HOA made him remove
> his Cushcraft R8 vertical in his back yard as one of his neighbors
> could see it. He finally got approval for a flag pole so his 30 foot
> flag pole is now his antenna.
>
> My subdivision in the Norcross area was started just before the Bank
> edict on CC&R's. Thank goodness!
>
> 73 Dave K4JRB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy" <randy@verizon.net>
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>> This is a pisser, too... you can't go outside, or drive down the street,
>> without seeing wooden poles
>> with jumbo voltages on 'em... but people don't understand
>> THAT...NIMBY... Not In My Back Yard...
>> If the wind comes up, or somebody didn't maintain the eqpt... yeah, THAT
>> is acceptable, THAT is
>> the norm and acceptable, just the price of having juice.
>>
>> 73
>> Randy
>> KZ4RV
>>
>>
>> On 2/4/2012 9:17 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
>>> The rules on setbacks upsets me. To have a tower fall full length
>>> and still remain on your
>>> own property is pretty tough if a ham lived on a typ city lot..like
>>> 50' x 120' or similar.
>>> Freestanding towers, like Trylons are designed to break at the 40'
>>> level..and not at the base.
>>> They will not fall full length. A UST crank up is the same deal,
>>> they break 3 x sections up.
>>>
>>> Now if a 100' tall tree on my own property, falls down on my
>>> neighbors' house, the neighbors'
>>> own house insurance covers the damage. If the neighbor does not
>>> have insurance, he is outa
>>> luck. My insurance does NOT cover my neighbors' home. Same deal
>>> with my tower.
>>>
>>> later... Jim VE7RF
>>>
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