[SCCC] Towers in LA County

[Michael Tope]

Yeah I was thinking that organizations like this tend to be 
conservative. It's easier for them to say NO than to study 
the situation to determine if there really is a problem. 
Almost all bureacracies are like that. Thing is I got the 
feeling that they don't really have direct control. The way 
the guy I talked to at Edwards made it sound was that the 
county zoning board consults them the way they would any 
neighbor, but I think the county folks make the final decision. 
It's a nice spot up there, but if I have to jump through too 
many hoops, I may just continue to look elsewhere. The 
other approach of course is to use the "its easier to ask 
for forgiveness than permission" way of doing business.  
When you are on a 50' x 100' lot like I am here at home 
with neighbors 20' away on 3 sides, that isn't a very good 
strategy. This area near Edwards is so sparsely populated, 
however, I could probably erect four 100' towers and nobody 
would notice :)

73 de Mike, W4EF.....................................



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji at contesting.com>
To: "Michael Tope" <W4EF at dellroy.com>; <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [SCCC] Towers in LA County


> > Christmas tree). Anyone butted heads with USAF on
> > this sort of thing?
> 
> I'm ~40 miles from Warner Robbins AFB.
> 
> The USAF protested my 318 ft tower based on the fact it
> would be in a flight training area. The FAA told me it was
> normal for them to protest and not give it a second thought.
> 
> I don't know how it would be ten times closer, but it looks
> like they have a standard practice of objecting to things
> like that.
> 
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