[RFI] VDSL (very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line)

[Joe - W7RKN]

Slight correction.....

A newly formed HOA *cannot* impose its new rules on an existing property 
owner.  The laws expressly prohibit backwards enforcement.

We had a lady here in my neck of the woods trying to start an HOA, 
specifically because she felt my antennas devalued her property.  She was 
not a happy camper to learn that anything she started, if she was successful 
in forming an HOA (she failed BTW) excluded my antennas, as I would have 
been grandfathered in, per law.

Joe - W7RKN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed K0iL" <eddieedwards at centurylink.net>
Subject: Re: [RFI] VDSL (very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line)


> Rob,
>
> I agree with you 100%!  We all need to keep operating or we will 
> eventually
> lose our privileges and our bands.
>
> The mindset our society is moving toward is minority group rights trump 
> the
> majority individual (property) rights.  Don't like what your neighbor is
> doing on his property?  Form a Home Owners Association and run him out.
> Over the last 30 years they have perfected this by putting HOA contracts
> place before the first houses are even sold.
>
> Our numbers of active HF operators continues to shrink and the average age
> of licensed hams continues to climb mostly because of limitations on their
> homes blocking activity.  Nearly all the people I've recruited to get a 
> ham
> license in last 20 years have never operated HF from their home because 
> they
> live in restrictive neighborhoods.
>
> With property rights becoming a thing of the past, it's only going to get
> worse if we don't operate on the air.
>
> 73, de ed -K0iL
>
> TV is just entertainment.  Amateur Radio is a licensed Radio Service.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 4:40 PM
> To: rfi at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] VDSL (very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line)
>
> All well and good working with ARRL and neighbors but hams need to grow
> spines and quit tucking their tails between their legs and capitulating to
> neighbors who due to irrational psychology, seem to think watching TV or
> some other appliance use is a birthright, but ham radio is just an 
> optional
> play-time activity with some toys.
>
> This comes out for example with antennas, and the deplorable use of hidden
> "stealth" antennas to appease neighbors, as if the ham is in the 
> Resistance
> in WW2 or is engaged in some illegal activity, or has a
> spy station.   It is exceedingly disappointing that the use of these
> antennas is promoted in ham magazines such as CQ and QST, complete with
> glowing reports of satisfied owners, as if these are excellent and
> satisfactory antennas in the fullest sense.  If I were counsel 
> representing
> plaintiffs against a ham, all I would need to do is round up dozens of 
> these
> articles and present them to a jury and I'd easily win.  I am absolutely
> nonplussed every time QST or CQ hands municipalities yet another article 
> to
> use against us.  Every one of those articles should carry a prominent
> disclaimer to the effect that these antennas are most unsatisfactory and 
> are
> only presented to be used as a temporary measure in the belief that any
> antenna is better than none at all.
>
> But, as for RFI, a ham curtailing his mode/power/hours in any way makes as
> much sense as the neighbor curtailing his TV watching.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
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