Your best bet would be a tower owned by a not-for-profit entity, such as an educational/religious broadcaster, or a governmental agency. Hospitals are also pretty open minded; most of their roofs already have 2-way radio equipment, so they know what to expect.
Unfortunately, the growing trend with respect to commercial multi- user towers is that they're owned by large corporations with stockholders. Translation: money talks, hams walk! Having a large liability insurance policy in force will also help. And, if you're asked to pay for electricity, don't let that be a deal breaker. I wholeheartedly agree with one of the previous replies; it's who you know, not how technically competent your group is. Good luck! --- In [email protected], "Alexander N Tubonjic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
