mowermech wrote:

There ARE ways to get around the issue, of course.
We have people using the top wire of fences as a "stealth antenna".
We have people using rain gutters.
We even had one operator using an insulated wire laying in the landscaping rocks (he was renting, and moved out of the restrictive development as soon as he could). Home built Stealth Antenna ideas are nearly limitless.

As stated in the article, municipal zoning laws forbidding antenna structures have been pretty well eliminated ("This study is not about zoning ordinances or regulations adopted by the local or state governments," Henderson explained. "Amateurs already have the limited protection of PRB-1 to assist them with those situations."
Why should CC&Rs and HOAs be allowed to do things that local and state governments can not do?

camperpaul wrote:



How's this for a 'stealth antenna'?

SCVJeff wrote:

And there are times that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few (wish I'd said that..))

mowermech wrote:



I don't see the comparison. The writer of the CC&Rs does not own the property anymore. Somebody else bought it from him, and he FORCED the new owner to accept HIS ideas of what is proper on the property. Yes, it IS force! Accept it, or go away, period!
If private property rights are paramount, the buyer should be able to tell the developer to take his CC&Rs and his HOA and "GET OFF MY LAND, YOU ARE TRESPASSING!"
But the new owner can't do that, can he. He has given up his "private property rights" by buying the land. He has NO private property rights, because the HOA owns them! If he tries to buck the HOA, they can and will enter liens on his property, and if he doesn't pay the liens, the HOA board can auction the property.
"Private Property Rights"?? That's a laugh!

blangen wrote:

The interesting thing about deed restrictions is any sale (and purchase) is contingent on the previous owner's desires. Often, a developer has obligations to those who have bought surrounding properties previously. In short, any current owner can deed restrict a property he owns and can enforce said restrictions on any and all future buyers. It's a voluntary contract. Say, for example, your mother lives in a house on an adjoining property and is deathly allergic to tomatoes. You, in preparation to sell your property, could deed restrict your property so that no future owner could grow tomatoes within 500 feet of her property line. If the buyer agrees, we have a meeting of the minds and both parties have willingly entered into a contract for purchase. Nothing wrong there.

But, just for fair and balanced... I would never buy deed restricted, conservation easements, etc because I think it negatively affects the resale values. And, ultimately, these entities are playing with a double edged sword. If the marketability is negatively affected, they ultimately lose. Free market... gotta love it!

mowermech wrote:



Very nice. Are there plans available? Have you given any thought to writing an article about it for one of the Amateur Radio magazines (QST, etc.)?
If not, I think you should!
HMMM... I wonder if the HOA board would find any objections to such "yard art"...

camperpaul wrote:



I used to manufacture and sell those antennas...

I also made a 'dummy' version - looked just like the antenna but was just a weather-vane. There was a townhouse complex in CA that bought 30 of the weather-vanes and installed one on each building in the complex. The secretary of the HOA was a Ham and installed the antenna on the building where he lived.

Sorry, no plans available - the $1,500 cost of the tooling required to make one would be prohibitive.

CAMPER PAUL wrote:

How's this for a 'stealth antenna'?