CB Radio Talk

Oh man, that totally sucks. The same thing happened to a guy in the next town/city up the road from me. He was at 70 feet. He got fined and forced to take down his tower as well. I guess from what I've been hearing, 35 feet is the limit around here. Once I get a new piece of mast for my A-99, I will be at around 25 feet. WAY below the limit. Look on the bright side though. You'll have a head start on taking everything down for the move. I know its sooner than you would like, but it will be one less thing to do once moving day gets really near.

Ugg, not fun. I have had my run ins with the county ( not in the city limits ) as they drive through the hood and allways flag me for something. Too many vehicles in drive way, gata remove materials from carport, trailer part on grass, etc etc etc. But the back yard is ok and they wont say anything. Now, the bad thing is that there is a zoning meeting coming up and the city is trying to annex us. No freakin way, we dont want um, dont want taxes, dont want any part of.

If they do, I will probibly move.

lol jcollins. I got very lucky my homeowners association let me put my antron up as long as the mast dont stick above the chimney. Well i streched there rules buy about 3 ft but they didnt care when they came to inspect it i got the Aokay and im good to. How long has the tower been up?

Yea this countries turnin for the worse in the gov't control aspects thats for sure drives me nuts lol but owell what ya do

lol i hear ya there im not in the postion to talk politics nor do i want to lol

I'm with you.......it'd take a court order to make me take down my antenna!!! And then it would go straight into a moving truck!!

I agree with the court order, if you have had it up for 20 years I would bet it preceded the ordanance they are using for removal. That would probibly fall under a grandfather clause.

My **Censored** law yer opinion.

I could have sworn there was a federal law prohibiting local authorities from doing this. It might be worth while taking some time on the FCC's website and scan around some. I'm probably wrong, but it seems to me that it was enacted specifically for the "non-hobbiest" who would demand hams take down their antennas.

It's frustrating because city planning committees are often selective in who or what they target. Home Owners Assciations are different though. Most of the time the home owner signs a complience form at closing of their house. Same with CC&R's (Covenents, Codes, & Restrictions) which many new track homes have. Yet nobody enforces them.

All it seems to take anymore is 1 complainer in the neighborhood to cause problems. This is exactly why it's important (to me anyway) to try and run a clean station and not be wiping out everyones TV and stereo.

Sorry to hear that though.

Get a lawyer!

As far as the poll I think we are a tad biest.

#1 you should be Grandfathered in , but they couldn't force a Ham operator to remove his, so maybe lookup the law on this,,,,,I feel for you, hows your back?

If I recall correctly didnt the feds come out with a antenna rule law that over rules local codes?

Man thats tough jcollins.How soon before you move?Maybe you could talk the city into letting you keep it up until then.Its just a thought....it may save you some money on legal issues.

Taking is down is much easier than fighting.
I would recommend the fight if you were not planning to move anyway.
It would be a bummer to suffer financial or name damage if your on the way out anyway.

Leave one small pipe up, in the place of the antenna, put a leather glove on the pipe so that the pipe stiffens the middle finger, and fold back all other fingers except the thumb.

I would be concerned that they attach legal trouble to your home sale, or your legal record that might hurt your credit score.

Glad you were able to get some help. I still think its wrong for them to make you take it down.

i don't want to cause any problems.
i will be out of this city in June. and back to the
country for me. i hate city life. im a country boy.
jon

I hear ya. If the city here anexes my area I may move further out.