26-07-2017, 03:08 PM
Hi,
It is worth reading the actual text of the sponsored docket S.1534 in the Senate. Also called H.R.555 in the House of Representatives.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-cong...%5D%7D&r=1
The key wording which still contains the let out clause is:
"The Commission shall permit a community association to establish reasonable written rules concerning height, location, size, and aesthetic impact of, and installation requirements for, outdoor antennas and support structures for the purpose of conducting communications in the amateur radio services"
So even if someone living in a restrictive covenant area wants to erect an outdoor antenna, they will still have to fight the Homeowner Association as to what constitutes an effective outdoor antenna.
Clearly an effective antenna on 160 metres is quite different to a small vertical on 2mx/70cms that can work the local repeaters.
Cheers
Peter VK3QI
It is worth reading the actual text of the sponsored docket S.1534 in the Senate. Also called H.R.555 in the House of Representatives.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-cong...%5D%7D&r=1
The key wording which still contains the let out clause is:
"The Commission shall permit a community association to establish reasonable written rules concerning height, location, size, and aesthetic impact of, and installation requirements for, outdoor antennas and support structures for the purpose of conducting communications in the amateur radio services"
So even if someone living in a restrictive covenant area wants to erect an outdoor antenna, they will still have to fight the Homeowner Association as to what constitutes an effective outdoor antenna.
Clearly an effective antenna on 160 metres is quite different to a small vertical on 2mx/70cms that can work the local repeaters.
Cheers
Peter VK3QI