[time-nuts] Antennas in apartments

[Richard W. Solomon]

If you have purchased, leased or rented property and there were CC&R's included
in the transaction and in those CC&R's is buried a prohibition on outside
antennas, you are out of luck. You entered into a contract and the CC&R's are
a part of that contract.
In fact, the FCC has stated that in the case of CC&R's prohibiting Ham Radio
antennae, PRB-1 does NOT apply.
That being said, I go for the age old approach that asking forgiveness is
better than asking permission. Put up as small an antenna as you can, some are
only 2-3" in diameter and tell the landlord, if he asks, the use is classified.

73, Dick, W1KSZ/7

-----Original Message-----
>From: Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com>
>Sent: Dec 17, 2007 11:43 AM
>To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts at febo.com>
>Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Antennas in apartments
>
>Neon John wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:57:49 -0800, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Talk to your building superintendent.  Offer to provide NTP service to the 
>>> whole complex if he will help you setup a GPS antenna.
>> 
>> I can see it now..... "Duh, how's this NTP stuff gonna help me unstop the toilet in
>> 23?" :-)
>> 
>>> What do people who want satellite TV do?
>> 
>> Federal law says that landlords cannot prohibit satellite TV dishes. Another one of
>> those "best laws money can buy".  The implication for a solution to the GPS antenna
>> problem is fairly obvious.....
>
>I think you need to read the law a little bit more carefully!
>
>What the law says, as I read it, is that you can put up radio,
>TV, or satellite antennas on your own property, regardless of
>covenants, home owners association rules, or zoning ordinances.
>But, if the property isn't yours, or isn't available for your
>exclusive use, it is up to the owner (or controlling authority)
>to decide whether you may or may not.
>
>The FCC's website has a Q&A section where they specifically answer
>a question about putting up an antenna that extends beyond the
>apartment/townhouse deck into the air space.  They say that the
>law only controls what is allowed within the confines of the deck,
>and not what is allowed in the air space beyond the deck.
>
>-Chuck
>
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