[TowerTalk] dumbing down

[Dave Fuller]

Yes!  I wholeheartedly agree with that.  I worked hard in my county to 
get 65 foot as a permissive height for amateur antennas.  I was able to 
get a conditional permit for 90 feet at my QTH.  However for the vast 
majority of hams something like that would be an impossible installation 
due to zoning and neighborhood associations, even though it may be 
permitted by county zoning.

I worked for years in the PCS/Cellular industry and zoning got so tough 
that engineering a quality system became impossible.  It wasn't fun 
anymore because I couldn't put a cell site where I needed to so I bailed 
out and I'm doing something else now. 

-Dave

Steve Katz wrote:

>::Does anyone else think that one issue responsible for the hobby's ultimate
>demise is restrictive covenants prohibiting antennas and towers?  I do.
>Unless technology is developed that allows us to DX in the amateur spectrum
>using indoor paperclips for antennas, as we older hams die off and the
>older, covenant-free homes slowly disappear, the newer generations may have
>to way to explore "wireless communications" beyond their cellphones, WAP
>networks and PDAs....-WB2WIK/6
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>Indirectly Tower Talk and any other technical reflector is being dumbed  
>down. Or, the need is being eliminated. As the technically competent,  
>experienced, capable amateur dies off, so will the real hobby of amateur
>radio.
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>Bruce 
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