Since this is an active lawsuit, i would refrain from posting anything
online of value that can be used by the
plaintiffs. I did drop a note to Drax to contact Fred, K1VR. Been there
and done that.
73s
krish
w4vku
On 2/3/2012 10:51 AM, Jon wrote:
> Is it at the back of the lot ?
> Put a satellite dish or two on it...say it's to get a better signal.
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> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:40 AM, john@kk9a.com<kk9a@bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> That is surprising since Salisbury, NC is pretty rural.
>>
>> GL,
>> KK9A / 4
>>
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>> To:<towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower lawsuit
>> From: "Drax Felton"<draxfelton@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:15:36 -0500
>> List-post:<towertalk@contesting.com">mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
>>
>> I thought this might interest you all as tower owners.
>>
>> If anyone knows of other materials in my defense please forward them.
>>
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>>
>> This a letter I sent to the ARRL:
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>> Dear ARRL,
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>> I would like to request the ARRL write a clarification letter on its
>> letterhead to help me with an issue.
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>> My neighbors have served me with a civil summons regarding my antenna
>> tower.
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>> We have a deed restriction that says that "no transmitting or receiving
>> tower or antenna (other than those normally used for customary household
>> radios and appliances) shall be permitted, and any satellite dish receivers
>> must be located on the rear one-third of the lot."
>>
>>
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>> Since the crux of my defense is around what is "customary" to use at home I
>> was hoping to get the ARRL, the national association for amateur radio, to
>> document for evidence that it knows that ham radio has been a "customary
>> household appliance" for around a 100 years.
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>>
>>
>> Their complaint also says that since I have an FCC license that makes my
>> radios outside the normal custom of households too. Clearly misinformed.
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>> They also complain that if my tower falls it will land on other properties,
>> which is impossible on my 2.5 acre lot, given the distances to the property
>> lines. The tower we're talking about is a double guyed, 60 foot stack of
>> Rohn 25 with a HF Yagi on it. Not a superstructure. Even if it could fall
>> its entire length it wouldn't even hit my own house.
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>> I thank you for your help,
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>>
>> ARRL Member, KB3X, Drax Felton
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