The FM tower I'm on wants $400/mo and $1M to $3M of insurance in case an antenna falls and disrupts anything further down the tower, which right now isn't critical. They won't let a client do any of their own tower work, so they have to pay their riggers.
I was lucky and managed to be in the right place at the right time. I bought the antenna and coax; the station had it put up. I live there rent-free as the only amateur station. Bob M. ====== --- Mike Perryman K5JMP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That, Gentlemen, is called "pricing yourself out of > the market". A tactic > used when they just don't want to be bothered.. > > mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Mathew Quaife > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 5:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater > Funding > > > In the two cases of tower owners that I called, > they wanted $800.00 a > month, and required a 5 million dollar insurance > policy. A certainty that > we would walk away. > > Mathew > > > Chuck Kelsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hams that have had an easy time co-locating > equipment at various sites > often time do not begin to realize just how > lucky they are. In many > parts of the country, sites are extremely > difficult to come by and keep. > > Municipal sites can be a real challenge because > of liability and > security concerns. It is even tough to get > municipal equipment located > on another municipal site around here. One > comment I got from a former > emergency management director was "if we let you > locate your ham > repeater at our site, we'll have to let all hams > do the same." Then > there's access issues, liability insurance > requirements, electric use, > etc. It can be a real nightmare. > > Private sector sites are just as bad. Most just > say no. Some want > outrageous amounts of money and require > professional riggers to do tower > work. > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > > > > Dave VanHorn wrote: > > >--- In [email protected], > Vincent Caruso > >wrote: > > > > > >>Whats the issue with the water company site? > >> > >> > > > >In one case, it was just a flat out "NO", with > no appeal, no logic, no > >reason.. In another, security concerns. __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com 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/
