Where is the ordiance that states about the set up of wires for band radio? or is it ham radio?
Hubby has copper wires from tree to chimney of house as a set up, then another wire to a tree in front of house and he made a homemade vinyl pipe post on one end of the fence post. (meaning, that he put the plumber's pipe into a chain link post at the end of our property line. So he would have three "lines" branching out into one like a Y.
The city guy, bless his heart, has informed me that hubby needs to remove the line going out to the fence end of property because it was an "eye-sore" to several neighbors. It was rigged and braced by strings and ropes and chains (don't ask me why but he uses every available string he can get to anchor the post tight), tied down by foundation block and one string was attached to the bottom of our power box on its pipe(next to the house) on the side of our yard. Yes it WAS tacky and an eye sore to see that homemade rigging done like that. The city guy ask me to please take it down and have me to tell hubby that he needs to get a proper "tower" for the wires. Hubby is not going to like this one bit, he is a fanatic about band radios and he loves to listen to foreign stations, going as far as Austrailia and Japan. He does not have the set up to talk, just the little box of knobs and all that dials to receive radio waves for the news, etc. Realistic DX-440 is the name of the box.
We do have power lines on two sides of us, the back and the side.
However the city guy said the line going from the chimney to the tree out back is fine and not obstructing anything. But the front to chimney, well, the tree is owned by the city because it sits between the sidewalk and street. Neither the neighbor and I can cut the tree down if we wanted to.
So I took that eye sore post down. If the city guy find this eyesore posts or anything of that nature that the neighbors were complaining, then hubby will get written up and has 30 days and a $500 fine. So hubby better find something else while I get some ideas I can suggest to him.
I am afraid for those wires, if a lightening zap on a tree or wire, it might either just burn the wire or it would travel to the house, risking a fire hazard. I don't know enough.
The wires are copper, very thin, almost like one of those bird netting (for fruit trees), a bit thicker. Not a electrical wire tho.
So band radio folks your suggestions, advices and all that jazz!
I can take pictures if you want me to so you can see the general idea of what hubby is doing for his radio's receptions. Not sure of the cost of those type of towers. The spiral wires that supposed to be good, does only pick up the town's, not out of town or international radio.
Hubby has copper wires from tree to chimney of house as a set up, then another wire to a tree in front of house and he made a homemade vinyl pipe post on one end of the fence post. (meaning, that he put the plumber's pipe into a chain link post at the end of our property line. So he would have three "lines" branching out into one like a Y.
The city guy, bless his heart, has informed me that hubby needs to remove the line going out to the fence end of property because it was an "eye-sore" to several neighbors. It was rigged and braced by strings and ropes and chains (don't ask me why but he uses every available string he can get to anchor the post tight), tied down by foundation block and one string was attached to the bottom of our power box on its pipe(next to the house) on the side of our yard. Yes it WAS tacky and an eye sore to see that homemade rigging done like that. The city guy ask me to please take it down and have me to tell hubby that he needs to get a proper "tower" for the wires. Hubby is not going to like this one bit, he is a fanatic about band radios and he loves to listen to foreign stations, going as far as Austrailia and Japan. He does not have the set up to talk, just the little box of knobs and all that dials to receive radio waves for the news, etc. Realistic DX-440 is the name of the box.
We do have power lines on two sides of us, the back and the side.
However the city guy said the line going from the chimney to the tree out back is fine and not obstructing anything. But the front to chimney, well, the tree is owned by the city because it sits between the sidewalk and street. Neither the neighbor and I can cut the tree down if we wanted to.
So I took that eye sore post down. If the city guy find this eyesore posts or anything of that nature that the neighbors were complaining, then hubby will get written up and has 30 days and a $500 fine. So hubby better find something else while I get some ideas I can suggest to him.
I am afraid for those wires, if a lightening zap on a tree or wire, it might either just burn the wire or it would travel to the house, risking a fire hazard. I don't know enough.
The wires are copper, very thin, almost like one of those bird netting (for fruit trees), a bit thicker. Not a electrical wire tho.
So band radio folks your suggestions, advices and all that jazz!
I can take pictures if you want me to so you can see the general idea of what hubby is doing for his radio's receptions. Not sure of the cost of those type of towers. The spiral wires that supposed to be good, does only pick up the town's, not out of town or international radio.
