A group of us local hams have just started an Amateur Radio
Club and are looking to place a couple repeaters on the air. We
already have one VHF and one UHF repeater sitting in a garage waiting
to be put on the air. We've been looking at local commercial tower
sites as possible locations for the machines but before we contact the
owners of the towers I was wanting to get some feedback from those of
you that currently have or have had equipment located on commercial
towers.
We're looking at towers owned by power companies, county utilities,
FM Broadcast stations, etc. I was just wondering from everyone's
experience what's the best way to approach the tower owner about
putting gear on his or her tower? What kinds of obstacles have yall
had to hop through to get your equipment up? Any dos and don'ts you
could suggest? Any words of wisdom from anybody? Any guidance would be
greatly appreciated! Thanks es 73.
Alex
