Based on my experience with the zillion places that restrictions can
reside, I would strongly recommend you engage with Fred K1VR so he can
help you check out potential QTHs. The problem is that there are so
many places where antenna restrictions can hide that it's almost
impossible for someone not in the biz to ferret them all out. And if
the reason for your move is specifically to find a place where you can
put up a tower, getting Fred on your team to check out myriad of hiding
spots is about the only way to buy with some level of confidence.
I went into my purchase 5 years ago thinking "it can't be that
complicated - after all this is Kansas - not San Franscico or NYC." It
took about 1 month to get myself reeducated. It IS that complicated and
there are a LOT of places that restrictions reside.
It's stunning for me to believe - even now - that that in a "free
country" there are so many ways for ham aspirations to be squashed but
that is in fact the case. Getting Fred to cover your end of the deal is
cheap insurance. I cannot imagine a more worse feeling than having
bought a parcel specifically to put up a tower only to find out after
the fact that there is some restriction buried somewhere that prohibits it.
Good luck!
73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
www.ac0c.com
On 03-Feb-18 12:07 PM, k7lxc--- via TowerTalk wrote:
So, in about 2 years or so She Who Must Be Obeyed and I will be moving
again. I will be finally retired and am hoping to build a modest station
that will satisfy my goals. We are pretty much settled on the western
Massachusetts area. We will likely not be buying a mountaintop farm with
the near-mythical island in a swamp atop it. Much more likely is anywhere
from 1/3 to 1 acre, so I am looking at a single tower. The older I get the
more insistent SWMBO gets that I do my antenna work at or near ground
level
You've already answered some of your questions and others have offered good suggestions but the salient point is whether you can put up some sort of tower in the first place.
May I offer my Up The Tower book that covers all of the potential questions you might have (available from championradio.com) including 2 chapters on legal issues because chances are quite excellent that there will be a myriad of rules and regulations aimed at your potential array? And also Fred, K1VR's excellent tome on the legal ins and outs is highly recommended.
Once you have found someplace that'll actually let you put one up, then you can get involved in the specifics around your proposed installation. Hoop jumping, ahoy!
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
and
Champion Radio Products
Cell: 206-890-4188
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