The 75 hams living in the Sun City Grand
community outside Phoenix, Arizona, have won the right to put up outdoor antennas.
According to Newsline, the homeowners'
association board of directors voted 6-1 to allow certain outdoor amateur
antennas. These include flagpole antennas no more than 16 feet high (which may
be erected in the front yard), as well as backyard verticals extending no more
than 5 feet above the peak of the roof and wire antennas subject to the same
height restrictions. Applications must first be approved by the standards
office of the 10,000-home community's architectural review committee. The hams
stressed the public safety value they can provide during emergencies in their
negotiations with the HOA.
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Monday, May 13, 2019
Antenna Agreement Reached Between Arizona Hams and Homeowners' Association
The 75 hams living in the Sun City Grand
community outside Phoenix, Arizona, have won the right to put up outdoor antennas.
According to Newsline, the homeowners'
association board of directors voted 6-1 to allow certain outdoor amateur
antennas. These include flagpole antennas no more than 16 feet high (which may
be erected in the front yard), as well as backyard verticals extending no more
than 5 feet above the peak of the roof and wire antennas subject to the same
height restrictions. Applications must first be approved by the standards
office of the 10,000-home community's architectural review committee. The hams
stressed the public safety value they can provide during emergencies in their
negotiations with the HOA.
