Tom N6BT (n6bt.com) has a line of antennas shaped like flowers, dolphins, cactus, etc. I use his N6BT Bravo 5A antenna which is only 9 feet tall and I have over 20,000 QSO's on it. It is very

Please do not discount those who use VHF. Having an exterior antenna benefits them greatly. I am currently using a copper pipe j-Pole in my upstairs bedroom, and have troubles reaching some repeaters

> Twenty-five to 27 percent of the U.S. population now resides > in a community association... Yes, and the ratio of those residents to amateur radio licensees is about 100:1. And half of those

To put in perspective how many would be impacted by such a policy the following indicates more than some might imagine. Twenty-five to 27 percent of the U.S. population now resides in a community

I, too, have a vertical antenna, but it's buried amongst a bunch of greenery (so as to not offend the HOA's sensibilities) with a minimal radial field. It doesn't work very well. In my case if ARPA,

I understand your pain. I remember reading PRB 1 and realizing it excluded HOAs. I did have a more reasonable HOA so I got a vertical approved. It helped that the HOA President was a ham. Ray W8LYJ

Yes, there's been some recent talk per my earlier post, but zero results. This has been an ongoing effort at the ARRL for 10 years. I know this: If I'd been assigned some important project/task

Remember the bill was just the authorization for the FCC to write rules allowing amateur radio antennas, Authority the FCC said in PRB that they did not have. In the past amateur Bill, the HOAs

The bill did not fizzle, it was withdraw at the request of ARRL. With Nelson gone it would have passed the new Congress. Ray W8LYJ

The HOA has millions of dollars to fight any attempt to reduce HOA antenna restrictions. The previous bill could not even get a vote in the house Committee until ARRL cut a deal with the HOA National

Remember the Amateur Radio Parity Act? It was being held up by Senator Bill Nelson of Florida (no longer in office), and then it just fizzled back in 2018. I have an archive of emails on

Yes, they have talked to the National HOA, they are the leading opponent to the act. They have also discussed this with the FCC, but the FCC says it is not their call until Congress acts. If you live

Have they talked to the HOA National about this? Are they having discussions with FCC? Ray W8LYJ

I would like to see what is budgeted for this effort? Ray W8LYJ

Anyone know if there are any updates? Steve, AI3KS

Bill, I put 2 antennas in my attic. A dipole for hf and a discone for vhf.

I mis-typed. N6JAT should read K6JAT. K6JAT heads up the Legislative Advocacy Committee. So, I think the answer to your question is "Yes". Mike

We haven't had any luck convincing HOAs to allow even a simple wire dipole so we ended up looking at homes elsewhere. No easy task, let me tell you. HOAs and antenna restrictions are very prevalent!

Did you ask the author? -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM

I received this email in late March from my ARRL Division Director: "The exact verbiage is still embargoed, pending fine tuning, but here is a synopsis. 1. Legislation which would pass a PRB-1 type