On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:53:41 -0600, bud-- wrote:

On 4/27/2012 7:15 AM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On 27 Apr 2012 12:15:40 GMT, wrote:

On 2012-04-27, Percival P. wrote:

In addition, HOA rules often outlaw "radio transmitting equipment,"
which logically means no cell phones, cordless phones, baby monitors,
wiFi, garage door openers, etc.

....and amateur radio (ham) or TV antennas. Ham magazines often have
articles on howto make disguised or construct hidden antennas.

Why?

I don't believe you can regulate "radio transmitting equipment".

Me? You mean the HOA. That was my point; why disguise the antenna?

HOAs regulate antennas that are visible (like solar panels). Long
distance transmissions are below 30MHz, often far below. The antennas
are large and likely to be visible on the outside. Those visible
antennas would an eyesore that would strain the sensibility of
neighbors (just like the solar panels) and thus HOAs might restrict them.

But the HOAs have no control over antennas. Telecommunications comes under
the power of the FCC, which has jurisdiction here.

You might hide antennas (as notbob suggests) as something that is
permitted, maybe a flag pole.

Why?

Municipal zoning may try to limit ham antennas. Courts have said
antennas are the jurisdiction of the FCC, not municipal zoning.

SO you think HOAs have some power that municipal governments don't? Odd.

HOAs get away with it because there is a contract that is extorted from
potential residents.

Nonsense. Federal laws supercede contracts.