I did essentially the same thing.
I had one of my repeaters located on property owned by a friend of the
family. He was getting up there in years and I'm thinking that I could loose
my site most anytime.
I asked if he'd sell a piece of the land. He did. I built a building and
relocated the tower. He passed away a couple years after the purchase and
the rest of the land has sold twice now.
My advice, if you own it, you control it. And sites are becoming more and
more difficult to obtain.
Chuck
WB2EDV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Matda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:27 AM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Chance of a Lifetime (kinda OT)???
> Here's my situation.
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> I have been looking for a new repeater site for quite awhile. One of
> my potential sites was owned and previously used by a BIG utility
> company for a microwave site about 10 years ago. It has since been
> abandoned and left to deteriorate. It's at about 3000 ft elevation,
> with an access road about 1/2 mile long that has for the most part
> eroded away to a four wheeler trail. There's still a transformer on
> the pole, but no drop, and a 20x10 concrete block building with two 4"
> masts sticking up about 15 ft from the roofline.
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> Just for kicks and giggles, about a month ago I shot off an email to
> the corporate website to see if I could get access. Their land agent
> called me this morning.
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> They want to sell it to me. At appraisal. 1 acre of mountaintop.
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> Am I nuts for thinking this may be the opportunity of a lifetime--if
> not from a ham radio perspective, then as a business venture (site
> leasing, etc.)?
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> Just curious if anyone had experience with this.
>
> Steve, KE4MOB
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