[TowerTalk] Covenants was: Re: Words

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

I used to live in a doubly-HOA'd place (Reston, VA) and got by for about 
20 years on stealth antennas, because the HOA's covenants didn't even 
allow TV antennas.   A few years before we left there, I noticed that 
someone had put up a 70-foot tower with a big tribander at the end of a 
cul de sac.  I wish I had summoned up the courage to go knock on his 
door and ask how he managed it - I have a hunch that a lawyer and some 
serious $ were probably involved,.

73, Pete N4ZR

On 5/30/2023 4:44 PM, Gene Smar wrote:
> When we were house-hunting in the mid-80s, we found our current home 
> in a neighborhood that already sported a 90-foot crank-up tower and 
> Hy-Gain tribander (K6IR/3 (SK).)  I figured that either the 
> neighborhood's HOA rules were silent on towers or, if not, not 
> enforced.  Turns out it was the latter, so we eventually bought just 
> down the block from Ken.  I had no HOA trouble when I applied for a 
> county permit and constructed my 64-footer in the back yard.
>
> Sometimes you get lucky.
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
> P.S.  I could hear Ken very well whenever he was on the air!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Sent: Tue, May 30, 2023 4:19 pm
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Words
>
> Fortunately my 60-year-old subdivision's covenants, which forbid any
> "structures" without approval, are similarly moribund because of not
> being enforced.  In any case, my defense of my 5-year-old AB-577
> installation, should either the home-owners association or the county
> raise any question, is that  it's really just a temporary antenna
> support.  Take that!
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> On 5/30/2023 2:16 PM, Shawn Donley wrote:
> > Words can sometimes be wonderful, particularly when the author 
> doesn't fully appreciate the possible meaning. From the Covenants & 
> Restrictions document for my neighborhood (underline is mine):
> >
> > "No free standing antennas, aerials, poles or towers shall be 
> erected on a dwelling lot."
> >
> > In reality, the neighborhood as long since abandoned the covenants 
> and there's no active HOA to enforce them. My guyed EZ-WAY RBZ-75 
> tower has been up for 10 years and not a peep from anyone.  In fact, 
> my neighbor offered to help put it up.
> >
> > N3AE
> >
> >
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