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The FTC rules are pretty clear about a renter's rights where installation of satellite dishes and antennae are concerned and cover all contingencies. So, yes, JS1's sweeping generalization does indeed give entirely the wrong impression of those rules and does seem to wrongly imply that a LL has no say at all on the subject.
Satellite dishes and antennae are getting smaller and smaller and many can now be easily installed on part of the leased property such as a balcony and with no drilled holes on the common structure necessary. The technology is changing all the time.
Give me a break, the question was a sweeping generalization, and I stand by my sweeping generalization of a response. The question was so generic, it didn't even say if this was an apartment or a house, where it makes a difference.
I've had tenants install them on roofs - sometimes they just drill a hole directly into the roof for the cable! The results are leaks and water damage. Then the tenant complains and brings up 'mold'!
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We got a satellite dish (small one) but asked the LL's permission and he said fine, no problem as long as it's "discreet" - ie. not perched out the front of the building. He was fine with it being on the roof at the back of the duplex and the company used the existing cable outlets to feed their cables through.
If I was a LL I'd be the same way, but I don't think I'd go along with a ham radio antenna on the roof.
I'm a renter ham and I was originally told by the (then - 4 years ago) Building Manager that I could have my antennas, PROVIDED they weren't "permanently attached to the building". She gave me VERBAL permission. Now, 4 years later, the landlord's BoD is saying she wasn't supposed to do that, that my lease specifically says that I needed to obtain WRITTEN permission from the BoD to put up any antennas at all, permanently attached or not. I was able to explain to them that even though most of the time, this is a hobby, there is also the potential benefit of having communications during an emergency situation or other disaster. Being able to practice the craft as a hobby can then help me to better help if a disaster happens.
I can (kind of) agree with jambo101 in that it's their building, so they set the rules. Fortunately for me, they're letting me keep the antennas (a vertical for VHF/UHF and two dipoles for HF, vertical on one side of the building, on a mast [I live on the 2nd floor] securely clamped to the corner post of my balcony railing and the HF dipoles are on a separate mast on the opposite side of the building) provided none of the other tenants complain about TVI or RFI (most of them have cable and flat screen TVs).
I live in a 14 unit complex built specifically for (formerly) homeless Veterans; 10 Studio units in one building and 4 one bedroom units in my building. The local Men's Homeless Shelter (next-door to our complex) is our landlord, so we have to comply with (nearly) all of the same rules that the homeless residents there do (specifically, no drugs/alcohol).
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Reason: Better visibility
Unfortunately, ham radios bleed through TV's & Stereos.
Actually, that's the TV or Stereo's fault, not the ham radio's.
If you read the Part 15 sticker on it, it says that the unit will not cause harmful interference, but will accept interference.
Most (but not all) hams will try to work with the person getting the interference (it's also part of the FCC regulations regarding ham radio) to try to either minimize or eliminate the problem.
...my lease specifically says that I needed to obtain WRITTEN permission from the BoD
to put up any antennas at all, permanently attached or not.
...they're letting me keep the antennas securely clamped to the corner post
My tenants had better not attach antennas to my roof and damage the integrity of the roof. Antennas can be attached to the facia, the fence, or to a pole or post.
There is no reason to put holes in my roof and to cause leaks, except that the installers are too lazy to do the job correctly.
As a Renter ...since you asked about Renters. I have No Say my LL owns the building they can put on it what they want .... Even a Cell Phone Tower! Yes they did!!
It seems there would be a solution to mount an antenna to something on the roof that wouldn't risk causing a leak. Easier than it sounds but this is a very common thing to have, especially for Asians and Latinos, TV Sport junkies etc.
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