Antenna question

man, if you're just 15 miles away, any reasonably decent antenna will do you right.

i have this one in the peak of my attic pointing kind-of towards new orleans and i get channels from there and baton rouge. i'm about 50 miles away from each. i don't use the motorized turning part of it, it's stationary.

https://www.trendtimes.com/150-miles-vhf-uhf-fm-hdtv-amplified-tv-antenna-w--remote-rotor-ii.html?utm_source=googlepepla&utm_medium=adwords&id=140495921289&gclid=CK2S_fG8x8cCFQgtaQodPMoBvQ

In my attic. I have it hanging upside down from the peak facing the gable.

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The new house is in a subdivision where no external antenna are allowed.

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FCC OTARD (over the air reception devices) rules prevent HOA's from not allowing external antennas.

OTARD

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FCC OTARD (over the air reception devices) rules prevent HOA's from not allowing external antennas.

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is it worth opening a can of worms when an internal antenna will work just fine? gotta pick your battles; say one day he wants to keep his 1983 chrystler on blocks in the front yard. he'll have used all his bullets already and be SOL.

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is it worth opening a can of worms

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Absolutely. Subdivsion / HOA is relying on flat-out prohibited behavior to tell the OP what to do. You can be polite and informative, but set a limit now.

Heed old Paul Simon when he warns about people imposing "Hey, you can't do that... or this".

Sing it, Paul

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that's a stupid position to take on anything.

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How in the holy hell is it a stupid position to take? When people tell you what you can and can't do, and they have absolutely no right to do so... that's a major problem.

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but people that go around pushing the limits come under more scrutiny.

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It's the HOA that is pushing the limits, and I would agree that they deserve more scrutiny.


I think that OP should put his antenna in his attic because it looks nicer, but it's neither stupid nor bitchy to let people know when you don't want to be pushed around.

I never even thought about putting it upside down at the gable...brilliant.

I went out to some youtube videos and have hit up tvfool.com. I didn't think about the other channels available besides the local major networks. It looks like I may need use two antenna combined through a reverse configured splitter to catch multiple directions. I was worried about how to make it all fit without eating up attic storage space...with an upside down mount, everything should fit pretty easily. Thanks again.

Satellite dishes and rooftop Over-The-Air antennas.

Most HOA's try to put in covenants about this. When I moved to my home in 2000, I put up a satellite dish and an antenna. The HOA sent me a letter from their Architectural Review Committee telling me I had ten days to remove it. I ignored the letter (more on why in a moment).

A month later, I got another letter from this 'committee' saying that their next step would be to assign the case to an attorney. I requested a meeting with the HOA board.

A month later, we have the meeting. It was brought up for discussion, I stepped up and said that they had no basis to discuss this. The HOA prez. said, "Well.., we have the recommendation of the Architectural Review Committee." I said, "You can't accept the recommendation of something that doesn't exist. The ARC is not a legal committee." I explained that the state of Texas requires any non-profit corporation committee, acting on behalf of the board, to be comprised of a majority of board members itself, and since the committee didn't have a single board member on it, much less a majority, the "committee" didn't legally exist and therefore.... I could just ignore it as I pleased.

They didn't like this, but they did create a new ARC comprised of two board members and one volunteer. Then they had a meeting the next day and sent me a certified letter that I wasn't in compliance. I responded and asked for a hearing before the committee, which was scheduled a month later. A quorum of members of the committee didn't show up (only one person showed up), so no meeting was held. It was scheduled for 30 days later.

This time, they showed up. Asked me nicely to remove the items. I said no, because they had not provided me with the required "notice of site survey" that required I be in attendance when they survey the property for violations. They said, "But we can see them from the street." I said, I don't care. You haven't followed the rules. So, a site survey was set up for the next week. They did that, then asked me to take them down. I said, "no, you haven't given me the required notice after the site survey for a meeting to discuss any perceived violations. The first meeting wasn't legal because you hadn't met the first requirement."

I was seriously screwing around with them for fun, because I had an Ace in my back pocket that I could have brought out at any time and stopped this nonsense, but I just love tweaking people's noses who try to dictate to others. Moving on....

The notice of a violation was received, I waited ten days to respond. Another meeting was set up for a month later. I attended the meeting. They had a quorum. This time, they even had an attorney present. It made it all the more delicious when I whipped out a printed copy for each committee member of the Federal Communications Commission 1997 Telecommunications Act. It forbids any agency or association from dictating placement or use of any satellite dish under 1 meter in width or any over-the-air rooftop antenna designed for local reception (not long distance). I pointed out that they could not dictate placement, use, color, position or height. In fact, I pointed out that I was allowed by federal law to place my antenna up to twelve feet above the highest point of my top roofline, which includes chimney stacks.

The attorney took one look at it and told the board that unless the law had been changed, that the covenants were in violation of federal law. I just sat there, smugly smiling. The chairman looked at me and the others and asked me why I put the board through all of the trouble if I knew this. I just said, "well... I'm married now, and don't get to chase skirts anymore, but I still like the thrill of the hunt and like to play my fish and not reel them in too quickly. I suppose I was just having some fun and making sport of all you guys who try to stick your noses in other people's private business."

The attorney smiled. The antenna is still up. I still live here and they don't frick with me too often anymore.