I'd rather live in a "slum" than put up with an HOA.
I'd rather live in a "slum" than put up with an HOA.
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
Same here. Hence, my QTH on the Islets of Langerhans.Originally Posted by WØTKX
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Good thing you've got the Antelope Freeway.
And FWIW, if you know of someone in the Commonbroke, er, Commonwealth of Pa who is having antenna issues, tell them to contact K3AIR. Mike's good. Just ask W3YNI.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
Florida has some the worse covenents in there neighborhoods you can imagine. Not good.
Nope. The Ol' Antelope is up in northern Los Angeles County, almost 150 miles away.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
That's a real highway? And I thought it was a figment of a demented imagination... and I mean that in a good way.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
It's real. The Antelope Valley Freeway, State Route 14, runs from Santa Clarita to Palmdale. I could never pass the road signs for it on Interstate 5 without laughing: "Antelope Freeway, 1/4 mile. Antelope Freeway, 1/8 mile. Antelope Freeway, 1/16 mile. Antelope Freeway, 1/32 mile. Antelope Freeway, 1/64 mile. Antelope Freeway, 1/128 mile..."
Most of the places mentioned in those old Firesign Theater plays were real locations somewhere in or around Los Angeles. I've even been to the intersection of Pico and Alvarado.
Last edited by NQ6U; 05-07-2011 at 10:47 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Ive been refered to as the Island Bassman...i guess im the Island BM. Charming...and a little gross.
As for the antenna. My new house has a douchebag HOA...none of my new neighbors like them, and its the 4th HOA since the complex was completed in 2004. I currently have a general dipole up at the rental house im living in, and with the tuner, i can get an excellent SWR from 40 to 10. I can even do 80 but it gets really sensitive. Either way, i am going to try for the same set up in the new place.
The shack will be in the upstairs office that my wife and i share. Between the office and the back yard is the livingroom, it has a vaulted ceiling thats really nice, but theres no way my 6', 220 lb frame is fitting through that tiny attic space so i have to devise a barrier for the office window to run the coax through. I plan to put white duct tape on the cable from the window to the overhang so its less visible for the Nazi...i mean, HOA when they do their twice a week weed patrol. Then its going to run the length of the overhang, tucked out of sight...no holes cut in the drywall. Its going to run up to a balun at the peak of the roofline in the back. From there, the white enamel wires will run back down the overhang on both sides to the corner, then down to the block wall from there. Im also elevated and far from power lines on the very edge of town, facing NE. I never go above 100w, and its mostly CW anyway, its a cleaner mode. Ive not had a single complaint with the set up here in all the years ive been here.
This set-up should work and lets hope nobody gets all heady. My neighbors seem cool, ill just ground well, run filters and tell them im only an SWL if they ask.
The louder the monkey, the smaller its balls.
I think you're all bozos on this bus.
Personally I wouldn't care if I caused them TVI/RFI. Not that I like causing it and I would use the lowest power nessesary and the best filtering I could, but, when they come to complain about it I can have the pleasure of telling them that because your rules force me to have an antenna hidden indoors and close to the ground where it is in close proximity to all their TV's, computers, and what nots instead of up and away from it all then they'll just have to accept the interference as per part 15 compliance of home electronics devices. If they bring the FCC into the fray I'll simply explain to the FCC that I have done everything in my ability to reduce RFI, I run the lowest power level needed and, I have tried to re-orient the antenna into a better position but that the HOA insists that I keep my antenna as low and as close to the home electronics as possibly. Thus it is the HOA that wants to maximize RFI levels and RF exposure.Ive been refered to as the Island Bassman...i guess im the Island BM. Charming...and a little gross.
As for the antenna. My new house has a douchebag HOA...none of my new neighbors like them, and its the 4th HOA since the complex was completed in 2004. I currently have a general dipole up at the rental house im living in, and with the tuner, i can get an excellent SWR from 40 to 10. I can even do 80 but it gets really sensitive. Either way, i am going to try for the same set up in the new place.
The shack will be in the upstairs office that my wife and i share. Between the office and the back yard is the livingroom, it has a vaulted ceiling thats really nice, but theres no way my 6', 220 lb frame is fitting through that tiny attic space so i have to devise a barrier for the office window to run the coax through. I plan to put white duct tape on the cable from the window to the overhang so its less visible for the Nazi...i mean, HOA when they do their twice a week weed patrol. Then its going to run the length of the overhang, tucked out of sight...no holes cut in the drywall. Its going to run up to a balun at the peak of the roofline in the back. From there, the white enamel wires will run back down the overhang on both sides to the corner, then down to the block wall from there. Im also elevated and far from power lines on the very edge of town, facing NE. I never go above 100w, and its mostly CW anyway, its a cleaner mode. Ive not had a single complaint with the set up here in all the years ive been here.
This set-up should work and lets hope nobody gets all heady. My neighbors seem cool, ill just ground well, run filters and tell them im only an SWL if they ask.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
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