Ham operator causes outrage with 11 radio towers

US ham causes local residents anger by being approved to install eleven ham radio towers on his property. One of them will be 200 ft high.The neighbour asks " how can one mans hobby have so much rights " Another win for ham operators.

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[k7ben1]

Where does it say that you have a right to a "traditional rual landscape"?

[steedandersen]

If they want the view maybe they should have bought the land. His land,his choice.

[mikelee8520]

This is the trouble, these days you cant do something withought some one complaining about it.

what happened to the word "FREE" So does he need to seek others permission to what he wants on his own land? Well fuck all that, good luck to him and to hell with the moaning shits.

[ryanNECT]

"how can one mans hobby have so much rights"

WTF kind of question is that? sounds like he got a communist in the neighborhood....

[newstarcadefan]

The thing is...if i remember part 93 rules, all antennas that are above a certain height, about 200 feet must also be cleared with the FAA as well as the FCC. Secondly, most antenna towers aren't more than 20 feet. Now, if the neighbors decided to file a complaint, they'll be hard pressed to find a willinng judge as the council LEGALLY gave him the permission to put up a tower. (If he was in an HOA...he'd been beyond boned...)

[sunpower101]

I can't believe that the TV station would even cover this. They really must have a lack a relevant news out that way. The cut away to the cell towers was not a very accurate comparison. You would think the local news could do better. Wait they put this story on the air in the first place.....

[VE2ZAZ]

OMG, Unbelievable. The ham will not be "broadcasting" to the world. And the towers will be something like 1000 feet from the neighbor's eyes, so they will be barely visible. There are neighbors in this world (even in Canada!) that feed off this kind of shit. This Martin guy is the troublemaker, not the ham. Live and let live.

[MrBoogerhook]

It's his land, he has the permits! Now this idiot want's to take him to court?

He should move!

[Backtalk2u]

People hate towers until there is a time of emergency and their cellphones and landlines are out. Then they Love Amateur Radio.

[AK4OR]

Just A Pesky neighbor who can't mind his own dam business If you don't like it MOVE

In An emergency when the phone lines are useless you will be running over to your neighbor

they won't be an eye sore then I bet

[joe72205]

Wow, those reporters should have been able to find an actual ham radio tower somewhere to take a picture of.... Showing commercial cell towers with dozens of antennas per tower and many runs of 3-inch think transmitting cable? Come on, you can do better....