In our area, many local ham groups have had success in obtaining free tower space.... some examples:
Our club has one of our repeaters located on a tower at a local hospital. No problems, no questions. Same with another club in a nearby town. Our main repeater's main transmitter is located on an FM Broadcast tower, with onlytwo caveats -- one, we need to clean the site and mow the grass monthly, and two, we can't climb it ourselves -- we have to hire a local tower company to do our work -- and we have developed a relationship with them so rates are reasonable. For the longest time, we were lucky enough to have our own tower on some old rodeo grounds north of town. This property will be developed into housing next year. Lawyers and real estate agents have told us that we could fight for implied easement rights but it might get ugly and we don't have the budget for ugly. But all is not lost, we are in talks with a local high school about placing our north site on a light tower at their football field. Their only requirement -- we need to provide plastic owls on their towers to cut down on the bird p00p. --- In [email protected], "Bob M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/
