I had good luck with a real estate agent helping me find a QTH here in
central IA with no antenna restrictions. He just happened to be a ham
(W0DQ). Maybe that helps or I was just lucky this time.
W0ETC
On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 11:12:06 -0500 Chuck Counselman <ccc@space.mit.edu>
writes:
> At 8:30 AM -0500 4/5/03, a TowerTalker replied to me off-list:
> >I could not agree with you more about real estate agents. We are
> >moving south and no matter what I say about not being interested in
>
> >any place with any restrictions I'm told, "Well, the restrictions
> >are very light" or, "I'm sure they wouldn't mind an antenna as long
>
> >as it's not too tall". Yeah, right! I'm sure they'll allow a couple
>
> >of 85 footers with stacked arrays. We finally found a great spot
> but
> >it took a LOT of searching.
> > When I see these Realtor ads on TV crowing about their
> alleged
> >"concern" for the buyers, I get disgusted.
>
>
> Please understand that my original comment and my forwarding of this
>
> one come not from a grudge against real-estate agents, but from a
> desire to share with other hams what I and my fellow TowerTalker
> learned in the course of shopping for a tower-friendly QTH. My
> experience was eye-opening. It would have helped me, and saved me a
>
> lot of wasted time, to have been told these things in advance.
>
> 73 -Chuck, W1HIS
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