[TowerTalk] Tower Restrictions

[wf3h@comcast.net]

Here in the Phoenix area, property literally sells in hours. Only after making an offer...and waiting for a week or 2...do you get the CCR info.  If you're prepared to wait months, while housing prices increase at 1%/month, that's fine.  Unfortunately, it seems about 70% of houses in the area have  HOA's and of those that have some land attached, most have some kind of CCR's even if they don't have HOA's. 

That's one reason the ARRL has been trying to push Congress to restrict the ability of builders and HOA's to put CCR's restricting antennas in their plans. Almost ALL new housing has these restrictions. Builders and HOA's aren't fools and they know what sells. CCR's wouldn't exist if the market didn't demand them. Unfortunately, it's an example of the herd mentality so common in the US today.

Bob/WF3H