Alexander, I just put up a 2 meter repeater with a link radio on a California Department of Forestry lookout tower. It took me more than two years to find the right person to get permission from, but once I was introduced to the division commander it was smooth sailing from then on. Besides free rent, the site includes free electricity. I did have to supply my own cabinet, which is an old traffic signal box. The tower is no longer used for a lookout, so I was able to mount directly to the handrail around the top of the tower with a 20 foot piece of galvanized pipe to get above the lookout shack, and mounted the link Yagi directly to the handrail.
Gregory AC6VJ --- In [email protected], "Alexander N Tubonjic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > The local department of Forestry has an observation tower that is > over 200' off the ground. I would like to put my UHF Amateur repeater > on that tower. I stopped by yesterday and talked to the Fire Fighter > that was stationed there. He had told me that cellphone companies had > asked if they could put some equipment on the tower and the DOF flat > out said no; however, the guy I talked to said a friend of his was a > Ham and had expressed an interest in putting a Ham repeater on the > tower and it was okayed but the Ham moved before anything was put into > effect. The guy I talked with said to leave my contact information and > he would pass it on to his boss and have him contact me with more > information. > I was wondering if anyone has done anything tower related with the > Department of Forestry? If so what was your experiance like? I > remember reading somewhere that hams and the DOF have an MOU together > for tower space, anyone know anything about that? Any past experiances > and tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and 73. > Alexander KG4OGN Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
