My experience "up North" is somewhat different. Which partially
explains why I now live in Bama. We don't have
problems with antenna's, we just shoot at each other over the backyard
chicken coop..... ;-)
Dan/W4NTI
K9AY wrote:
> For what it's worth...
>
> >From 1985-1996, I lived in suburban Denver (now the city of Centennial), a
> typical 'burb of modest tri-level and 4-level homes.
>
> While living there, I had 65 feet of Rohn 25 with a tribander and
> shorty-forty beam. Yes, during that time I had couple neighbors who hated
> the tower, but nearly all the others up and down the street were extremely
> nice and undisturbed by the tower's presence.
>
> My main point is that during the time we lived there, EVERY house
> immediately adjacent or across the street was sold at least once (about 12
> or 13 sales) -- and ALL of them sold quickly and at full market value, even
> when the real estate market was weak. The neighborhood was conveniently
> located, with good schools and affordable houses -- apparently, these things
> are far more important for property values than ham radio towers.
>
> Story #2 -- When we moved from Grayson to here in Wisconsin, we decided to
> rent a house to avoid rushing into a real estate purchase. We found a house
> where the landlords had split the property and built a new house. Of course,
> when we moved in, there was a big pile of tower and aluminum and I explained
> to the landlord that I was a ham operator. When I went to their door a month
> later with the next rent check, he asks, "So when you gonna put up the
> tower?" That's my kind of landlord -- and next-door neighbor, to boot!
>
> 73, Gary
> K9AY
>
> _________________________
>
>
>> You folks in the Atlanta area, particularly in DeKalb County, should
>> check out the front page story in the Dunwoody Crier. It is
>> interesting to see the comments about the article on the Crier
>> website. Every one of them, as I write this, is in support of the
>> antenna. FYI.
>>
>> http://www.thecrier.net/articles/2006/09/19/front/antenna.txt
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Jay, K4OGG
>>
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