> 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   
    > feelmore 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   
    > madeup 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   
    > surgerylast 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,   
    > somewho 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   
    > desiredaround 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   
    > forblood 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.   
      
      
      
   This totally sounds like a prison, me, I would NEVER consider living under   
   those conditions.  As far as RF interfering with medical equipment, there is   
   nothing they (or anyone else) can do about vistor's vehicles using two-way   
   radios, and I'm yet to see any form of emergency (or security) vehicle not   
   have a two-way radio of some kind, usually capable of transmitting with   
   serious power..   
      
      
   I do know that my DV4Mini transmits with 1.2 milliwatts, and my Icom ID-31   
   transmits with less than one watt.  That's considerably less than a typical   
   wi-fi router radiates.   
      
      
      
      
      
                          .....Bob, VE5XEF   
      
      
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