[TowerTalk] TOWER LIGHTS

[john at kk9a.com]

Jim has good advice, as usual. K4XS purchased property in Belize for  
the purpose of contesting and he should definitely not rock the boat.  
Put up lights to make the authority happy and enjoy the hobby, if they  
should rust and fall off later probably no one will care.

John KK9A


Jim Lux wrote:


It's the Authority Having Jurisdiction thing - The code might say X, but
the guy or gal with the pen in their hand makes the decision.

As for challenging the AHJ - that's very situationally dependent. You
don't want to win the battle and lose the war.  The standard joke is
that a police officer can find at least 3 things to cite you for,
driving a brand new vehicle (with license and tags) on the open road.
Whether or not that's true - beating the AHJ (or HOA board or...) once
might lead to a succession of future questions and the net might be more
time consuming than just doing it.

It's sort of like in business - Sometimes it's easier to do the stupid
thing in the requirements than to spend the time and effort on a
waiver.  If the AHJ says, I'd like an owl on top with a green beak, you
paint the beak of the thing green, install it, and be done.