[TowerTalk] Planning for the next move...

Paul Booth wa6ibu at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 7 16:00:15 EST 2018


To be fair, I first explained exactly that and since I wasn't even living 
there nor using the station there couldn't be any radiation.  I was told the 
prospective buyers had even gone to the ARRL website to investigate this and 
were convinced the antenna had to go before they would buy (reminds me of 
the old days when the antenna made me suspect for causing TVI when I wasn't 
home).  In any case the real estate broker did a great job managing all of 
this.

Paul, W6IBU

-----Original Message----- 
From: Chris
Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 12:36 PM
Cc: towertalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Planning for the next move...

So the yagi on the roof will hurt your neighbor's kids, but won't hurt the 
people in the house it is mounted on, who are 20-30 feet away from said 
antenna?  Bet you were laughing all the way to the bank on that one.

Chris
KF7P



On Feb 7, 2018, at 1:32 PM, terry burge wrote:

> You dog you! That not a bad way to handle that. I was never that cleaver. 
> At least as long as you did not sign anything and also make sure you are 
> clear on the radiation standards. Might end up with a very baligerent 
> neighbor but they might be anyway.
>
> Terry
>
> KI7M
>
>
>> On February 7, 2018 at 11:42 AM Paul Booth wrote:
>>
>>
>>    I have an interesting story; I moved QTH from the suburbs to one in 
>> the
>>    mountains. While building the new location, I kept the original house 
>> but
>>    ham radio fell silent due to all the work I was doing in the new 
>> place. A
>>    real estate agent representing potential buyers for a house behind us 
>> was
>>    concerned about my roof top yagi which I had left there. They looked 
>> into
>>    radiation issues and exposure to their young kids and were concerned. 
>> They
>>    asked me to take it down. It was not high on my priority so at first I 
>> said
>>    no. Then they offered me $5K to take it down on their closing of the 
>> house.
>>    At that point I said okay and spent an hour taking it down. Of course 
>> the
>>    $5k went back into ham radio.
>>
>>    73s, Paul, W6IBU
>>
>>    -----Original Message-----
>>    From: Richard Solomon
>>    Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 11:12 AM
>>    To: towertalk
>>    Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Planning for the next move...
>>
>>    After that "comment" I feel the need
>>    to chime in.
>>
>>    I must be lucky, the last three houses
>>    I bought (2 in MA, 1 in AZ), could not
>>    have been better. The Realtors were
>>    quite truthful and helpful in each
>>    transaction.
>>
>>    But then, perhaps the Laws and Realtor
>>    Associations may be more ethical in
>>    those two states.
>>
>>    73, Dick, W1KSZ
>>
>>    On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
>>
>>>> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 14:37:25 -0700
>>>        From: Wes Stewart
>>>        To: towertalk at contesting.com mailto:towertalk at contesting.com
>>>        Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Planning for the next move...
>>>
>>>        <Dear me, the expert speaks again.
>>>
>>>
>>>        <N7WS
>>>
>>>        On 2/3/2018 3:49 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> ... NEVER trust a real estate agent (salesman) to know or even to be
>>>>
>>>>>> truthful
>>>
>>>>>> about this....
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>>>
>>>>>> ## He is correct. Real estate agents are typ 3 steps below scum bags.
>>>        They are not
>>>        truthful about anything. Thats based on buying and selling 3 
>>> homes and
>>>        one condo...and
>>>        hearing the horror stories from friends and work place cohorts. A 
>>> local
>>>        ham has a 150
>>>        ft rotating tower on his aprx .7 acre city lot. There used to be 
>>> 5-8
>>>        acres of empty fields
>>>        behind him for 25 years. The acerage gets developed into a ton of 
>>> very
>>>        expensive
>>>        new homes and several new streets. When prospective clients 
>>> looked at
>>>        any of the
>>>        homes in the brand new subdivision, they were ALL told by EVERY 
>>> real
>>>        estate
>>>        agent here in town, and we have 1450 of em.... that tower mess ? 
>>> Oh,
>>>        dont worry
>>>        about that, its all coming down in a few months. Well its still 
>>> up and
>>>        running 20 years later.
>>>        By daughter got screwed over twice by real estate agents. I know
>>>        several real estate agents
>>>        personally, and a few owners of real estate business,s. They all 
>>> have the
>>>        same attitude. Lie
>>>        through your teeth, and collect the commission.
>>>
>>>        Jim VE7RF
>>>
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