Stealth Ham Radio Antenna the HOA will Never Find - Chameleon CHA Porta Mast with CHA Hybrid Mini

It would be helpful to mention somewhere, e.g. the description, what HOA and CHA mean.

Great Video, love to see people find a solution that anyone can live with. But, the black box. I think you called it a tuner? Can I get the make and model?
Thanks, KE6UPI

I’m sure they don’t mind as long as you put your toys away when not using them.

I can see your box having a dual purpose I can also see your box mounted under the eve

Why do you live in an hoa? They are worse than Soviet era government

Cool! Curious why you installed the antenna near the ground, rather than say about 7-8 feet up? I realize that you might have needed to move your mast to accommodate that, but at least nobody running through your yard, or any animals, would not run into the antenna.

Is there a minimum flag size that the HOA requires? If not, you could put up a 1" x 2" flag, and then the mast wire could be connected to the top of the mast rather than only 2/3rds up.

Cheers! Great plan and creativity!

Hidden antenna? I found a German y spys hidden radio, antenna s, and navy papers marked secret, and a code book. Called FBI, their response go away boy ....yea a WTF moment . Also found bomb making stuff but they had no interest ...early 60s.

No grounding?

HOA's are a offshoot of The Great Society. When Lyndon Johnson and America's Democrat enemies doomed America to become a third world country, HOA's became popular as a way to keep a nice neighborhood from becoming"da hood".

The whole point of a ham radio is for a bargaining chip for when you live in a hoa community, wanna fine me for painting my house 3 shades off white well here's a 60' ham radio antenna 😅

FYI an HOA can NOT stop you from having or installing a permeant flag pole so long as you properly fly an American Flag around the clock thanks to a federal law known as THE FREEDOM TO DISPLAY FLAG ACT which specifically; by name, prohibits an HOA, Rental or other Association from preventing a home owner or renter from flying the American Flag and does not specify the manner in in which you display the flag!!!!

I saw it on hogans heroes ln 1969 first.

Fun Fact: the phrase "CHA Hybrid Mini" has been uttered more times in this video than in by the engineers who designed it.

It's great!!!! Another name for that waterproofing tape is conformal tape.

I saw in CQ. A guy bought a hustler and hid it inside a two inch PVC pipe that he used as a flag pole with the coax buried to his shack

I'm studying for my technician license and will be taking it next month. This kind of content is great for us newbies getting into HAM.

I guess the major unanswered question would be, being a ham radio operator, WHY would you choose to live in a HOA neighborhood❓
The ham radio hobby REQUIRES antennas‼️Something that HOA boards seriously frown on, regardless of size or appearance.

Great video, great idea! I don't live in an HOA but I know some who do and I am sharing this with them.

Thanks for the review and your installation. It is not my intent to offend anyone. However I do not understand paying someone/group. Who tells you what you can or can not do with your own property.

Yes I understand they may provide some amenities like lawn care. However there are the people who get elected as HOA president. That power goes to their head. They make changes to the rules. Just because of the color you painted your house. Not to mention the new window treatment. Your wife fell in love with and installed.

Very clever, good ideas 😊

In the United States, the FCC regulates HAM radio and an HOA can't restrict you from erecting and using an antenna. There are rules, but you can do it. My HOA tries to restrict TV Antennas, I have the biggest TV antenna I could find.... Nothing they could do about it (I own my home and the property it sits on, when I put up an antenna at my mother-in-laws, I did have to put it in the attic because she owns the condo but does not have exclusive use of the outside of the condo) I could have mounted it to the deck but not the roof or walls.

i would never live in an HOA.

I’m not in an HOA but I really like the setup 👍🏼

You may want to research this: The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2019 prohibits private rules that prevent amateur radio operators from installing outdoor antennas. The HR 9670 bill also aims to eliminate HOA restrictions on amateur radio antennas. I am on the Board of our HOA and we allow Amateur Radio Operators to have antennas due to this rule.

I wish everyone would take the attitude. There's nothing worse than a new neighbour who fills the garden with fishing poles and loose ugly cable draped everywhere

“HOA’s are the devil” Bobby boucher’s momma

Chameleon makes high quality products in the USA, and that is a company I can get behind.

Never sign into an HOA! The "property Nazis" will rule your everyday life if you let them. I moved into the neighborhood first, then many built around me and my 10 acre slice of heaven and tried to start an HOA. I refused to sign as I knew the nature of the beast and being a Ham Radio enthusiast it would kill my hobby and service. So, everytime they all complained, I put up another antenna to irritate them. Everytime they tried to sue me, I called my friend who is a lawyer and Ham Radio friend and we beat them down. I'll give them an "A" for persistence, but they spend a lot of money for nothing.

How about you just not live in an HOA

Great video and tips! I can see myself doing something similar in the next year.

GREAT VIDEO but I could have been two sheets to the wind with all the times you said Cha Hybrid mini if I was playing the shots game 73 to you

Live where you have rights

Great video and informative as usual. 73 from St Pete! Neighbor

Maybe i missed it....where is the counterpoise?

Your HOA watching this 👀👀

HOA rules end at first environmental disaster where HAM systems are needed for emergency communications...

Good idea about the winder in the box.

No HOA complaints about the wire from pole to house?

What can you tell us about the tuner? Maybe a link? I can’t find anything on it. Thanks great video! Stay safe!

Hi from the U.K. - always amazed at the ingenuity of hams when problem solving and I congratulate you. Is there a technical or HOA avoidance decision to mount the antenna end so low on your house siding. Great vid thanks for sharing. 73 Mike

This helps me because I have a CHA Hybrid Micro/Mini. I do not live in a HOA, and while I would rather swallow sewing needles than live in one, my wife hates the antennas. Thank you for the video.

If you ran a longer wire, couldn’t you run it as an inverted L? I would be worried about the wire being a hazard coming out of the box that low on the side of the house. Your liability if someone did get hurt alone could make your life miserable. Plus then the HOA could add to your troubles because someone got hurt by something you did without their approval. And if that was my setup, I’d probably be the one to walk into it, be engrossed in whatever I was doing, forget it was there, and boom! I’ve done it before! Keep the videos coming, I’ve learned a bunch from them.

Chameleon was the best or top 3 wire ntenna producer for ham radio operation (portable or fixed) the boox remeber me the ecomm III and I usea similar ideas in my garden 45'slooper configuration...the black box seems more like a mix by mat tuner and cg3000 73 de iz3qvb

Remember, as bad as HOA-dwelling hams have it, apartment-dwelling hams, such as myself, have it far worse.

Good job! I would have mounted the box higher so people don't walk into it.

I am glade i dont live there

I am looking for about your products. When I post this , I am looking for more information on this thing was this video

Well done fantastic job