Good deal for K8JHR. The small Utah town I live in requires a permit for the
tower foundation, everything else is unrestricted. Guess it helps to have a
former ham in the building ordinance department. Our county and state are
similarly unrestricted.
73, K7MEI
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:08:27 -0700> From: n6kj.kelly@gmail.com> To:
> cpwendling@yahoo.com> CC: TowerTalk@contesting.com; jruing@ameritech.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Happy news for a change> > 55 ft seems to be a
> common number all around the country. It's> probably just like boilerplate
> zoning ordinances and boilerplate> CC&Rs. Someone picked that number long ago
> and others just followed> suit. I could point to a handful of cities in my
> area with 55 ft.> limits. I'm fortunate that my city actually had a ham help
> craft> their ordinance and thus we DO have a 65 ft limit instead of 55.> > >
> On 8/12/08, Chris Wendling <cpwendling@yahoo.com> wrote:> > Just curious as
> to why 55 ft was chosen. Seems like 65ft (about 1 wavelength on 20m)> >> >
> which would allow a good low angle radiation pattern on 14Mhz, would be> >
> better for hams. I wonder if they thought about reasonable ham> >
> requirements for emergency communications, etc. when they picked that> >
> number?> >> >> >> > CW-A
I4MI> >> > --- On Tue, 8/12/08, Richards <jruing@ameritech.net> wrote:> >
From: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Happy news for a
change> > To: TowerTalk@contesting.com> > Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 11:19
AM> >> > Greetings TowerTalkians => >> > Good news and bad news:> >> > The Good
News... my city allows towers and> > antennas, and there are NO PERMITS and> >
NO INSPECTIONS !!> >> > The Bad News is there is a limit of 55 feet.> >> >
Fortunately, that suits my plans and my budget, so I do not> > have to fight
City Hall to get permission go higher.> > At least not yet...> >> > So... up to
a height of 55 feet, it is, essentially, unregulated.> > Cool, eh? Can ya dig
it? Unbelievable.> >> > [I figure you guys might understand my glee...picture
me> > giggling a dirty-old-man-kind-of-laugh under my breath all> > day like I
know a dirty little secret no else knows... ;-)> >> > =========== Richards --
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