[BULK] - Re: RE: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] CC&Rs

[Alan C. Zack]

When I was K6ACZ in a CC&R area I used a 36 inch MFJ tunable loop ant
disguised as a TV yagi.  From the ground it looked like any other TV
antenna.  Worked better than a low dipole or a R-7 on a 10 ft pole.

Steve Katz wrote:
> 
> Maybe someone has tried that and succeeded, but I haven't heard or read
> about it.
> 
> However, locally several individuals pressed the OTARD rule as hard as they
> could and the general results were worded something like this (for the L.A.
> area):
> 
> "We allow DBS (18") satellite dishes outdoors, facing south-southeast and
> aimed approximately 25 degrees above horizon.  If you elect to receive
> off-the-air signals directly broadcast not via satellite, you may do so
> using a suitable indoor antenna, the existing homeowners Community Antenna
> (if one exists), or an approved outdoor antenna not measuring greater than
> 72" x 100" (length by width), aimed towards Mount Wilson."
> 
> Thus, effectively denying anything that doesn't look and measure like a TV
> antenna, or an 18" dish.  And completely in accordance with OTARD rules.
> 
> If others, in different areas, have other information, I'd like to hear
> about it, as I'm compiling a national survey of sorts on this very subject.
> 
> -WB2WIK/6
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry [mailto:w2up at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:09 AM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [BULK] - Re: RE: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] CC&Rs
> 
> Hasn't OTARD voided the blanket prohbition of outdoor antennas,
> permitting small dishes and TV antennas?  Has anyone tried to call a
> small tribander, usch as a F12 C3 a TV antenna to get it by the
> rules?
> Barry W2UP
> 
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                                     Alan Zack
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