Join Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, for “Two Tower Zoning Permit Cases: CT and MA, Plus Your Questions” at the 2026 Northeast HamXposition. (Date, time, room T.B.A.)
NA1L: KC1KLZ sought a special permit for a 175′ repeater tower on ~13 acres in East Lyme, CT. Denied (no tower at all). Court held: City must negotiate to reasonably accommodate amateur radio. Ultimate result: 155′ tower. K1VR: The Framingham Zoning Board of Appeals overturned the grant of a building permit for KD1MF, on the grounds that requirements for a cell tower applied. KD1MF won a permit when the Land Court ruled that his 80-foot tall tower should be treated as an exemption from the Wireless Communications Facilities ordinance.
Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, is the lawyer who litigated the KD1MF case in Framingham,MA. Author of the book “Antenna Zoning for the Radio Amateur.” Charter member of the YCCC. Past New England Director of the ARRL. Graduate of Colby, BC Law, and Harvard Business School.