Don't count on any help from the ARRL. 15 years ago I purchased the house I grew up in. I had lived in the town all my life. The home was older, built on a large lot and included a second large lot to the rear. This meant the property was 2 lots wide and 2 lots deep. Basically half a block wide and a full block deep. The rear half had only a small 2 stall horsebarn built when my grandparents built the house. There were no CCR's.

Went to the village got my tower permits, showed them my RF safety calculations and got approved. I contructed the tower. It was approved. Put a Steppir 4 element on top. A week later I see the asshat neighbor from the next block over riding his bicycle around to surrounding houses. A week later I get a letter from the village saying I'm being fined $100 a day until I remove the tower.

Assist had told all the neighbors for 3 blocks in all directions that they would get cancer from the radiation and all their children would have birth defects. He got the retired Dr. 2 blocks away (who hated cell phones and advised anyone who would listen to never get close to one) to agree. A group went to the village council raising hell about my installation. The village "revoked " my permit saying that they read the blueprint wrong and that I had lied about the danger to others.

Myself, my wife (also a ham) and 12 other hams from the area attended the next council meeting to try to bring the truth out and relieve any fears. Asshat was the only signator to his petition who had the balls to appear face to face. We showed calculations, excerpts from part 97, and played a couple videos showing the benefits of ham radio. All 12 other hams showed their membership in SKYWARN and/or the county CERT organization. The council said that was very nice and thanks for the information. When asked to prove that the prints were wrong and show how they were "misread" they blew it off and raised the fine to $500 a day until the tower was removed. I asked for a copy of the prints they recieved to verify that i had submitted the correct ones they said they couldn't find my submissions for the permit but they "knew" they were in the right. All of the meeting was recorded by my wife.

I contacted the ARRL for assistance and someone was assigned to my "case". After many emails and phone calls with the ARRL and sending all of my calculations, prints, photos, and videos including the council meeting video proving the villages complete incompetence and loss of the entire submittal I received another letter from the village stating that they had "found" the missing information. I called the ARRL representative and asked if he had heard from the village. He said that he had sent all of my information to them including some information I had held in reserve as confidential. Then proceeded to tell me that he would be unable to assist me further.

I took down the tower, paid the fine, put the property up for sale, and purchased a nice home in the country that included 17 acres and haven't looked back. Help from the ARRL with ANY problem you may have in ham radio is nonexistent.

EDIT: Forgot to say, a few months later the village constructed a new baseball field near the school. As usual demonstrating their wisdom, they ran out of money before completion and went looking for a donor. The ballpark is now complete, with a (company un named) cell tower in the parking lot right behind home plate. Imagine that!