Ask what he's using it for? On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Jerry Head <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes lots of these guys are first responders/emts/police officers in their > "day" jobs. > I have found that it never hurts to be mostly accommodating to that > apparatus. > > > On 2/18/2016 9:17 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > On the other hand, there’s a lot of overlap between ham club members and > county emergency staff. Those contacts can be useful. I think this is why > small regional tower owners sometimes give them free tower space. Can’t > hurt when copper thieves hit your tower. > > > *From:* Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 18, 2016 8:50 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet > > > Maybe I am off but I never give anything away for free. I might give > someone a discount but never free. When it comes to my main business, like > yours is internet, the answer is always no. I have charities that I give > money to buy that is separate from my operations. > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 8:34 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We do that at a tower for a ham club voice repeater, they never use much >> bandwidth, nowhere near 20x20, not even 1M. >> >> They are doing something different, or more likely just don't know how >> much >> they need, or are just asking for the sky because why not? >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jerry Head >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 8:04 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet >> >> I think a few of the list members out there are HAMs so I need some >> advice please. >> I support our local HAM group and have allowed them to place repeaters >> on two of my towers >> at no charge to their group. Now one of their members has asked for >> Internet service at one of the >> sites for HAM use. I have heard something about HAMs using the Internet >> to "talk" so I guess this is >> not unusual. >> For me the kicker is that he is asking for 20x20Mbps service...I >> certainly have the capacity but >> that just seems excessive. >> Opinions anyone? >> >> >> >
