Michael J. Coslo wrote:

Point is, if you live in such a neighborhood, that is what you get.
Don't live in such places if you want to enjoy Ham radio, there are
people who want to control your personal life

I agree with your bottom line, Mike. But we've beat this topic to death
in this newsgroup, and I can pretty much predict where the discussion
will go.

My comment on this general issue is that the non-ham population develops
their impression of hams based on what they see and hear. When they see
hams helping out in the community by assisting with a public event or
teaching radio to the local Boy Scouts, the impression is a positive
one. When they see the guy with a bunch of unsightly antennas whose
house is a blight on the neighborhood, or the one who flaunts the CCR
that they signed, the impression is negative.

Our hobby seems to be cursed with a higher percentage of people who are
oblivious to the concerns of their neighbors or the rest of the general
population. These are the folks who tend to be visible and influence
the impression of ham radio for the general public. Or maybe I'm just
suffering from the same effect; it's not the ham who is cooperating with
the Boy Scouts that I see, but the one with six towers erected on his
city lot.

We need to be more proactive at getting the positive side of ham radio
out into the public eye.

73, Steve KB9X