On Feb 1, 8:23 am, wrote:
I just saw this over on eham:

http://www.news-record.com/content/2...come_to_the_ne
ighborhood_see_you_in_court

Imagine if a ham moved in....

73 de Jim, N2EY

Oy! That is *exactly* the reason why I will not live in a neighborhood
like that. I just have to imagine that the stress put on a family by
having an unusual neighbor like that, has to be much more than any
stress from researching, finding and living in a neighborhood where
they don't have intrusive restrictions that neighbors can sue you for.

What is amazing to me is that the unusual neighbor is engaging in
stalking behavior, which apparently puts him on the "right side" in
this development. So completely backwards. What's more, the guy is
winning, the family he is stalking and harassing and suing is moving
away.

In my presumably less proper neighborhood, the police would be
visiting the fellow, and educating him on the wisdom of not stalking
people.

It's all a balancing act. My HF dipole, VHF/UHF Jpole, and HF6V are
put up as unobtrusively as possible. I've not tried to hide any of
them either though, which harkens back to Jeff's original post here.
I've spoken with the neighbors and explained about Ham radio. I do
admit that I've emphasized the emergency aspect, which is just a whole
lot easier to explain to folks, and mentioned that if they get
interference to let me know. They've all been cool with it, though
they like to come out and chuckle at the gyrations when I replace an
antenna.

Side note that was part of a learning process for me: Years ago, we
lived in a townhouse for a couple years. The neighbor lady was a real
pain. Anything she could do to make trouble, she did. This included
calling the fire company during a cookout. Double Oy! Finally, in an
effort to calm things down, we asked her over to share a meal. Problem
solved! While I'll not say she wasn't unusual, all she really wanted
was for the neighbors to have some sort of socialization with her.
Turns out she is an accomplished children's book writer, and has a
wicked sense of humor.

I guess the moral of the story as far as I'm concerned is do your
research, know your neighbors, and communicate with them about your
Hamness. Some times people call me lucky in all this. I think we make
our luck.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -