At 01:38 AM 06/19/07, you wrote: >On Jun 15, 2007, at 9:42 PM, Eric Lemmon wrote: > > > Christopher, > > > > You didn't provide enough information for a meaningful response. For > > example: > > > > 1. Is the tower literally abandoned? > > 2. How much rent will you have to pay? > > 3. How much liability insurance will you have to carry? > > 4. Is your power metered, or will you pay a flat rate? > > 5. Will you be able to come and go as you please, with your own key? > > 6. Are there other users of the tower? > > 7. Must any of the other users be shut down when you work on your > > antenna? > > 8. Have you read the "site rules" and are you prepared to obey them? > > 9. Is this site preferable to any other site you may use? > > 10. Does your repeater equipment meet the quality expectations of > > the site > > owner? > > 11. Will you have any responsibilities, such as grass cutting, > > corrosion > > control, etc? > > 12. Is your equipment capable of operating satisfactorily in a high RF > > environment? > > > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > > > >Great list Eric. That one should go on the RB website somewhere with >the title, "So you want to put your repeater at a commercial tower >site?" Maybe without the "is it abandoned" question. :-) > >-- >Nate Duehr, WY0X >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
If anybody wants to summarize the entire comment thread (after it has been beat to death) and email the article to me... be assured that it will appear at repeater builder. A good working title might be "So you want to be a site owner" ... Mike WA6ILQ
