I have heard of one of the local ham clubs here getting a "Barn" rate.
Jamey
KD4SIY
> Hello Mike,
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> Thanks for the info. I will give the press release a look over, it
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> may very well help me out. The site I am at is vacant. There has not
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> been anyone there for several years. The tower company has donated the
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> tower space as long as I help maintain the site (cut grass and such).
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> All I must pay for is the electricity. There is already a meter on site
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> and run to the cabinet that I will be using. (cabinets are pole mounted
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> by the way) Anyway, maybe if I go sit down and have a face to face I
> can get some where with our local power company.
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> Thanks again
> Steaven, W4YI
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> Mike WA6ILQ wrote:
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> >We got the residential rate but we had to put in our own meter
> >to get it.
> >Showing the Pac Bell press release that I put up on
> >www.repeater-builder.com helped. It showed that another
> >utility in the same area had granted residential rates.
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> >We bolted a meter panel next to the existing paging company's
> >meter and ran 1/2" conduit to a box by our rack. In the same
> >room were several paging TXs.
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> >A year earlier another ham group had rented space at
> >another site that also rented to the same paging company.
> >Based on their experience we did not leave an open
> >outlet. They had put in a meter and conduit to a quad
> >box behind their racks. Their bill was consistent month-
> >to-month for over a year then suddenly went up 600%.
> >They made a site visit and found a 330w paging TX
> >plugged into the extra outlet they left open (they had used
> >three of four outlets). It may have been accidental on
> >the part of the paging tech, but as I understood the
> >situation it took almost 9 months for the paging company
> >to reimburse them.
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> >We put a blank plate on our quad box, and drilled
> >holes in the plate for two clamps. We cut the plugs
> >off of two 14-3 extension cords and wired them up
> >so one was on each side of the 220v line, and both
> >were the only live outlets on our meter. We dropped
> >the female ends into the rack and plugged the two
> >power strips into them.
> >
> >Mike WA6ILQ
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