[MLB-WIRELESS] Rental houses and antennas

[Tony Langdon (ATC)]

> ok so far at 3 locations i have had no problem getting 
> permission to put a
> antenna ON the roof, my current house has a 6 meter one. none 
> of my mast
> designs damage the house in any way (apart from a few broken 
> tiles, buying
> spares before is a must)

I've never broken a tile myself. :)
> 
> so all you people who tell people they will need ground mounted plates
> becouse the landlord will never say yes DONT, there is a 
> reson people are
> happy if you stay at the one house for 5 years, becouse your 
> paying off
> there bills, as long as it doesnt change the status of the 
> house (ie you can
> take it down) they dont care that much.

This is very true.  And also, approaching the landlord directly can often
give better results than trying to go through the agent.
> 
> so before telling people no way how about stating that your 
> assuming or
> guessing or you really have no idea, becouse from my 
> experiances 3/3 100%
> hitrate well i would say yes they would let you put atleast a 
> 3 meter on
> your roof.

This agrees with a lot of other peoples' experiences.

I'm certainly going to put a dish up on the roof, as soon as I know which
direction to point it.  Still waiting for a node to pop up within range.

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