Bob,   
      
    >   I saw a similar item at moencomm.com -- the thing is, I can't have   
    > RF gear, due to antenna prohibitions. So, if these require a D-Star   
    > Radio, I'm out of luck.   
      
    BS> Well, I cannot see/understand how anyone could prohibit a 6 3/4 inch   
    BS> antenna connected to my DV4Mini, sitting on the desk in my shack, and   
    BS> the use of a HT (Icom ID-31), also inside my house.   
      
     They are VERY PICKY with inspections (I live at H.U.D. subsidized   
   housing for the disabled...I've been fully disabled for 12 years). They   
   do NOT allow things like antennas (indoor or outdoor), cable across the   
   floor (tripping hazard), and because RFI might interfere with medical   
   devices of the residents (considering the law of entropy, or that the   
   users didn't have them set up right)...never mind that folks would file   
   a lawsuit at the drop of a hat.    
      
     Plus, I was always interfered with when on the air, and with the analog    
   repeaters, you had no idea who was causing the interference. The idiots   
   who were doing it were too cowardly to admit who they were, or why they   
   had a grudge with me. So, I operate "internet radio" (much to the angst   
   of the ham radio purists), but operate OUTSIDE of Arkansas, where I feel   
   more welcome.   
      
     Inspections are done on a regular basis to make sure the resident isn't    
   living in squalor (never mind the apartment being overrun with "clutter"),    
   with things clean and orderly (sinks, toilets, showers, floors, etc.). At   
   times, I wonder if it's a hospital or a military deal, where the floor   
   should be so clean that you can eat off of it, or the bed should be made   
   up so tight that you can bounce a quarter off of it. Should one fail an   
   inspection, they can be given a 30 day notice to leave the property   
   (eviction). I believe they have to give residents a minimum of 24 hours   
   notice, but it wouldn't surprise me if they implemented "surprise   
   inspections".   
      
     They will NOT do things like "random drug testing" because "it's an   
   invasion of privacy"...although during one recent inspection, they did   
   open up my medicine cabinet in the bathroom to see what was in there (the   
   same was done when requiring home health care nurses after minor surgery   
   last year). However, because all of the medicines had been legally   
   prescribed, they couldn't touch me in that regard. To me, if you're not   
   doing illegal drugs, why are you worried??    
      
     They won't make it a "gated community" to keep the non-residents, some   
   who may be dealing in illicit drugs, out...because the gates would be a   
   hinderance to the local transit system (which leaves a lot to be desired   
   around central Arkansas), as well as to police, fire, and ambulatory   
   personnel. Several years ago, one of the residents grandsons had a meth   
   lab set up in the storage shed.   
      
     The management has a complete list of all my medical conditions,   
   surgeries, prescriptions, doctors, etc. I *WANT* them to know what   
   is going on with my health, so they know I'm not doing illegal drugs.   
   I doubt they'd ever implement a policy to get a warrant and do a "strip   
   search" to check for "track marks" (i.e. from those doing injections of   
   heroin, etc.)...but I'd comply with it, since I'm not doing illegal drugs,   
   nor have the desire to do so. They are free to contact my physicians for   
   blood work reports, etc. So many out here would probably get "a friend"   
   to substitute for them in providing a bodily fluid sample for analysis.   
      
     One time, they were going to come in, while I was prepping for a needed   
   colonoscopy. I told them that "you'll find me naked"...because you have   
   to be, once taking the purgatives, as you'll spend the next several hours   
   on the toilet. Their reply "it's a normal bodily function". While they   
   have found polyps 3 times, they've never found colon cancer.   
      
     While it seems there are more negatives than positives living here, the   
   apartments are handicapped accessible, which has become a necessity for   
   me over the years. I use a cane wherever I go, with a walker on standby   
   for the really bad days. I may eventually wind up in a wheelchair. And,   
   being able to manage my health is necessary, because without my health,   
   the hobbies go by the boards.    
      
     I have to have fellow Volunteer Examiners help me with the testing    
   supplies at the sessions now...mainly moving the heavy cases. I print    
   my exams with the ARRL/VEC Exam Maker Software, which guarantees that    
   every exam is DIFFERENT. No point in trying to cheat, when the exam of    
   ones neighbor is going to be completely different, in both questions    
   and answers.   
      
   Daryl, WX1DER   
      
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