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Residents sour on 80-foot radio tower

 Residents of Lawson Heights are up in arms about a local man's plan
to erect an 80-foot (24m) radio tower in his yard.

Ham radio enthusiast Sean Cavanaugh's equipment allowed students in
Martensville to speak with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard
the International Space Station in March. He currently lives on
Saskatoon's east side, and has a 55-foot (16,7 m) radio tower on his
property.

Sean Cavanaugh, VA5LF, said he uses the tower to compete in amateur
radio competitions in which competitors try to contact as many other
ham radio users in the world as they can within 24 or 48 hours. While
he has won competitions and contacted as many as 1,300 people in 24
hours, he said the tower is not tall enough to reach the whole world.

"There are places I have a great deal of difficulty contacting," he
said. "Mostly in the south Indian Ocean, India, Thailand and that
region."

Cavanaugh will soon move to Dore Crescent in Lawson Heights, and he
wants to build a bigger, better tower when he arrives. About six weeks
ago, he circulated a notice to local residents informing them of his
plans to build a transmission tower twice the height of a standard
telephone pole. The plan has met with some fierce opposition.

Sidney Hayes, 70, lives on Dore Crescent and started a petition to
quash Cavanaugh's tower plans. He said 29 people, representing 21
local households, have signed it.

"The main issue is people don't want this tower," he said. "They're
just totally unsightly and noisy."

Hayes said he started operating ham radios when he was 11 years old,
and it was a great way to experiment with electronics and speak with
people in far off countries. In the past, he erected towers of his own
- including one 40 feet high - but Hayes said they're more trouble
than they're worth.

"Back in those days, there was a lot of appeal," he said. "But since
the Internet came in ... I am no longer an active ham radio
enthusiast."

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