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Lord_Vader said:

I ended up doing nothing. I did call and say that the whole thing was prohibited bt the FCC and the lady argued with me. I just told her "Ok." and hung up. Never sent anything back and I haven't heard anymore about it.

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dishcomm said:

Good..
Now if you can recall, what did she have to say in response?
I find it very amusing when people try to rationalize when the facts are clearly not on their side.

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Lord_Vader said:

I asked her what she wanted me to send in exactly. She said the application, a site survey, photos if possible, and the $50 fee.

I said I could send in the form and a copy of my inital survey with rough approximations on it, but I couldn't agree to the fee. She said the fee was required. I said it was prohibited because it increased the cost. She said it did not increase the cost of the installation so it was allowed. I said I would consider it and hung up.

After the call I went back and reread the FCC guidelines and now realize that the fee to review the application is prohibited as well so I didn't send anything in. They haven't said anything else.

Main thing is that there are far worse violations in the neighborhood that I am aware of and nothing is being done so I'm not going along with anything either. There are playsets everywhere, patios, decks, extraordinary landscaping, and other dishes. Most people I spoke to just tossed the notices. I imagine that an escalation may be coming, but I feel I am on better ground than others so we'll see.

Bottom line is that I now feel more firm in my decision that they have no right to require such a process. Maybe a notification and drawing like I offered, but no fees or approval ( per the FCC ).

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Lord_Vader said:

I asked her what she wanted me to send in exactly. She said the application, a site survey, photos if possible, and the $50 fee.

I said I could send in the form and a copy of my inital survey with rough approximations on it, but I couldn't agree to the fee. She said the fee was required. I said it was prohibited because it increased the cost. She said it did not increase the cost of the installation so it was allowed. I said I would consider it and hung up.

After the call I went back and reread the FCC guidelines and now realize that the fee to review the application is prohibited as well so I didn't send anything in. They haven't said anything else.

Main thing is that there are far worse violations in the neighborhood that I am aware of and nothing is being done so I'm not going along with anything either. There are playsets everywhere, patios, decks, extraordinary landscaping, and other dishes. Most people I spoke to just tossed the notices. I imagine that an escalation may be coming, but I feel I am on better ground than others so we'll see.

Bottom line is that I now feel more firm in my decision that they have no right to require such a process. Maybe a notification and drawing like I offered, but no fees or approval ( per the FCC ).

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