[DoggieMatic]

Planning on moving to the Las Vegas area soon, focussing specifically on Henderson, and see that most of the housing communities are governed by either HOAs or CC&Rs. I assume they all have restrictions against anything but off the air TV or satellite TVRO dishes being mounted on the houses.

I'm not looking to put up a tower with a 40-meter beam or VHF stacked array, but would sure like to at least put a 6' tall, Diamond X-50 VHF/UHF vertical up on the roof (doing the best I can to make it not be easily visible).

So I'm wondering in general, what the success rate is in getting an HOA or CC&R authority to allow such things in Henderson?

I do have 25+ years being an ARES/RACES/Skywarn member, ARRL Emergency Station, etc. & would join those local groups plus my local CERT once I moved. I'd like to think I could present a good argument for getting permission to put up a relatively small, vertical antenna (or two...?) but I'd love to learn the experiences of others who've already done or at least tried it.

If I can't put an X-50 up on the roof, I may instead put a 17' tall Diamond X-510 up in my back yard or something.

Thanks!

[jjameson922]

I know of no HOA's that would allow that. An antenna like that is not attractive. I suggest as you begin working with a realtor and explain this, they will immediately begin looking in non-HOA areas.

[swagger]

Ask forgiveness instead of permission.

[DoggieMatic]

Originally Posted by jjameson922

I know of no HOA's that would allow that. An antenna like that is not attractive. I suggest as you begin working with a realtor and explain this, they will immediately begin looking in non-HOA areas.

So if I offered to put a replica of the Venus de Milo up, it'd automatically be allowed because it would be "attractive?"

Do you know what a Diamond X-50 antenna looks like? Do you know how "unattractive" it would be from the street, if placed 50' back from & approximately 30' above the street, on the center of a 2-story house?

I'm hammering you because your sole argument is about the antenna not being attractive, but I'm not confident you're familiar with the size & looks of the antenna in-question, nor are considering the comment I made about taking action to minimize it's visibility via careful location as well as painting it, nor are considering a potentially mitigating factor of my communications capability using said-antenna benefitting the community in an emergency.

But absolutely, I am asking my realtor to find some nice houses in non-HOA/CC&R area too.

[DoggieMatic]

Originally Posted by swagger

Ask forgiveness instead of permission.

Oh yeah, sometimes I'm a practitioner of that philosophy, but in my old age, I usually make a good effort at the legal route first!


Still hoping to hear from those with first-hand experience here, but another route I'll take is seeing if the ARRL Nevada Section Manager can put me in touch with someone. If I were local, I'd get on some club nets & ask.

[Buzz123]

a. Don't buy a house in a community with an HOA and then nobody can tell you what to do with it. I don't know why everyone thinks all communities here have HOAs.

and, 2. Since that would fall under FCC rules and regs, I'm not sure anyone could tell you you can't. Especially given that you are with the ARRl, and you're taking pains to not make it obtrusive.

I'm on the ARC Committee in our HOA, but the only thing that has come up is for sat dishes. We allow unobtrusive small ones. They wanted one guy to take down his flag but state and federal law says he can fly the flag as long as it's not one of those gas huge station size ones.

You might find the answer here. I haven't looked. Nevada Real Estate Division

[ddrhazy]

The answer is that most HOAs are going to have a problem with what you are suggesting. There are houses that are in non HOA communities, so that's your best bet.

[lvoc]

I am an Amateur Extra and have an antenna. I have a crankup that can get to about 60 feet with a 20 meter beam. Down at the moment for replacement but one of these years. I set mine up so I could drop it to the tree line. Does not show unless cranked up.

You simply need to stay out of HOA communities. I know of none that cooperate. Lots of people get some form of stealth antenna but anything obvious gets picked up. You immediately get blamed for whatever reception problem anyone for blocks have.

There are older neighborhoods, a few neighborhoods in the county and NLV and the 1/2 acres.

[jtjtjtjt]

Originally Posted by jjameson922

An antenna like that is not attractive.

Maybe to you it is not attractive. To some of us, something functional and useful is way more attractive than something that is "pretty". House antenna is more attractive than a rose garden, IMHO.

YMMV of course. But HOAs don't allow for varying mileage. One size fits all...

[jtjtjtjt]

When I'm president of the HOA, no one gets to complain about lowering of home values unless they have a for sale sign in front of their house. Well, they can complain but it will be ignored.

If they have a for sale sign in front of their house, then the HOA will work with them to try to alleviate any reasonable problems. And if you read some of the threads here, you might come to the conclusion that a lenient HOA would be a great selling point and actually increase the value of the house.