No it's not. They'll easily get that amount. Just not from hams. Chuck
Mike Perryman K5JMP 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! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! DSL > > <http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=37474/*http://promo.yahoo.com/broadband/%20> > Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "Repeater-Builder > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder>" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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/
