[Tig] antenna work may be good business

[Rob Lingelbach]

On Feb 11, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> The site does not use the highly technical term "rabbit ear"  
> anywhere. In fact, they do not include indoor antennas in their  
> estimator even if you might be able to use one since their behavior  
> is so unpredicable.
>
> Every home owner in the USA should make sure that they have a fully  
> functional outdoor antenna on a mast.
 > We have an inalienable right to erect television antenna masts up  
to 12 feet above the roofline

Hi Bob, unfortunately that's untrue with regard to local covenants,  
applicable in cases where local property owners have banded together  
and set local standards.   Amateur Radio operators have dealt with  
this for many years, and due to their work in emergency services are  
allowed (in the case of LA county for example) towers up to 40 feet.   
Exceptions can be applied for.   But if your local city council  
decides antenna masts are unsiightly, it can be a battle to get an  
exception to local covenants.

> be taller if necessary to obtain good reception, and the  
> contruction is safe.  The FCC rules regarding over the air  
> reception are summarized at "http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html".

In the Hollywood Hills, I was restricted by the city of LA to a 40  
foot tower.  I used a 60 foot tower and cranked it down to more or  
less 40 feet :-)   but if I weren't a radio amateur, and providing  
emergency service thereby, (and I did have full backup power for  
several hours of operation), and just wanted to put up even a 12 foot  
mast, and lived in a community that restricted these, ...  it's a  
different story.

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Rob Lingelbach
rob at colorist.org   http://www.colorist.org