Ham radio operator irking neighbors with 30-foot antenna on East 11th Street

We've heard people complain about everything from bar noise to messy willow trees... so here's a first: Some neighbors on East 11th Street are upset over a resident's giant rooftop antenna. As Patrick Hedlund reports at DNAinfo, a group of residents are hoping the city will force the ham radio operator to have the antenna removed.

To an upset neighbor!

"Whenever we have guests over, they take one look at it and say, 'Oh my God, what is that?'" said Greg Ramsey, who's lived at 235 East 11th St. since 1988 and whose outdoor terraces sits about 12 feet away from the antenna. "It's like a military installation or something. It just seems extremely selfish to have this huge tower for one man to be running his ham radio from. It's obtrusive and inappropriate."

The tenant, who grew up in the building between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, told Hedlund that the antenna allows him to communicate with radio operators worldwide. "It was put up professionally and it's been approved," he said. "I didn't do anything in a precarious manner."

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[Photo by Patrick Hedlund/DNAinfo]