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I. <br />p«nt«I is an aaatsur radio oporator who usas radio <br />cosuRun1cations to sarva tha public intarast. Aftar she was <br />licansad by tha rcc in Oacaabar 1»§8 to oparata an anataur radio <br />and a station fro* har hoi», aha installad on har roof a vartical <br />radio antanna that raachas a halght from tha ground of 56.5 faet. <br />Ovar tha naxt two yaars, Partal was unable to establish reliable <br />radio costtiunications with other aaataurs across tha United States, <br />and she was able to establish only one international contact. <br />Pantai concluded that har existing antenna thus was not adequate <br />for doi^stic, xuch leas international, cowwinications. <br />Accordingly, Rental began preparing to install a wore <br />sophisticated antenna. The replacement was to be a retractable <br />steel tower that seasured JO feet when lowered and 68 feat whan <br />fully extended. This tower, which Pentel planned to have Installad <br />professionally in accordance with its manufacturer s <br />specifications, was to have mounted on its top two directional <br />aluminum antennas.' <br />Pentel was unaware when she installad har original antenna <br />that she was violating tha city's zoning ordinance, which limits <br />all structures, including radio antennas, to a halght of twanty- <br />'pental's proposed antenna would be more affective than her <br />existing set-up for two reasons, first, Rental's current yfmrtical <br />antenna dissipates signals in all directions, while her proposed <br />directional antenna would concentrate and collect signals, thus <br />increasing her ability to transmit and receive in a specific <br />direction. Second, an antenna's effeetiveness increases with its <br />height. Rental's existing antenna is blocked by trees, her taller <br />replacement antenna, when estended. would be at or near the tops of <br />nearby trees, thus i»pr<^ing her a.qnal transeissicn and reception.