Cell Tower Lease

[k0ua]

Well I’d rather use the 310 over a pickaxe. You couldn’t dig a 32 feet deep hole in my area without a lot of explosives. But it doesn’t really matter because the tower company does all the construction.

Yes, I was just making "light" about the $15,000 per month comment. But for even $1500 a month I would be tickled pink. That is more than most people make from social security monthly.
An extra $18000 a year for doing nothing but giving up a very small amount of ground and allowing some guy access to it maybe once a month seems like a pretty good deal to me. I would take that all day every day.

 

[k0ua]

Well I’d rather use the 310 over a pickaxe. You couldn’t dig a 32 feet deep hole in my area without a lot of explosives. But it doesn’t really matter because the tower company does all the construction.

Once you get down about a foot past the "forrest litter" around here it is drill and blast the limestone time. The basement of my house was 100% blasted out.

 

[k0ua]

I don't know about small impact. I guess it depends on the tower type, but most of what I've seen take up at least a couple of hundred feet square. That's just the facility footprint, not including access roads and any other utility services to feed it. They require a good bit of power for one.

Not that much. about 5 to 6 KW on average to run everything including Heat and AC. Your electric oven in your house runs close to 10KW.

 

[hosspuller]

Just my experience: Verizon offered $600 per month and I had to have & pay for a commercial liability insurance policy. Area was for 100 x 100 feet with the actual fenced area at 50 x 50 feet. Term was for 25 years with renewals and inflation increases every 5 years. I said no thanks. :thumbdown:

199 feet tall has no lights. 200 feet triggers FAA lighting requirements. Base size & depth depends on soil structure and tower. At the end of lease, they would demo the base to 12 inches below surface. Rest of concrete would remain.

 

[B7510HSD]

Like it ok, but it has some flaws. Operating system and method of changing bands and modes is my biggest gripe. Using the VFO knob instead of the "clickable" multiknob is my biggest complaint. It is a very small rig, duty cycle is fine for SSB, which is how I use it in the truck. Makes a lousy data radio, gets too hot and you must provide your own external soundcard. Overall a pretty good reciever, good noiseblanker, 100 watts on 160 thru 6 meters. Not nearly the reciever the my Ic7300's are, but they are really a bit big for most mobile installs. Overall the 891 is a pretty good mobile rig, I want more in a "base" rig and I have it with my two IC-7300's. You get used to the cumbersome band and mode changes after a bit. Best DX from the mobile is Asiatic Russia and Togo. Both on 20 meter SSB. Not too shabby from a little Tarheel2 in a bed corner mount of the 2010 Silverado. I did replace the stock 32 inch whip with a 48 inch Larson one.

Thanks for the info good to know about the data issue that is what i want one for think i will just p/u an IC-7200

 

[two_bit_score]

Just my experience: Verizon offered $600 per month and I had to have & pay for a commercial liability insurance policy. Area was for 100 x 100 feet with the actual fenced area at 50 x 50 feet. Term was for 25 years with renewals and inflation increases every 5 years. I said no thanks. :thumbdown:

199 feet tall has no lights. 200 feet triggers FAA lighting requirements. Base size & depth depends on soil structure and tower. At the end of lease, they would demo the base to 12 inches below surface. Rest of concrete would remain.

What was your objection to those terms, if I might ask?

 

[Diggin It]

What was your objection to those terms, if I might ask?

I had to have & pay for a commercial liability insurance policy.

I would object to that. The tower owner or lease company should be paying for all of that sort of thing.

 

[two_bit_score]

I would object to that. The tower owner or lease company should be paying for all of that sort of thing.

Thanks Digging but you aren’t the one who actually turned down a lease for a cell tower. I’m curious what hosspuller found objectionable about the lease offer he got.


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[k0ua]

Thanks for the info good to know about the data issue that is what i want one for think i will just p/u an IC-7200

If you can swing the extra dough, the 7300 is a lot more radio. I have two. In my opinion, they are the best value today. Performance vs dollar paid. They were on sale over the dayton event for $899. There are always Thanksgiving and Christmas sales. Also the 7300 is the easiest radio to put on data modes. Just need a simple USB A to USB B cable. You probably have one in a drawer or pick one up at walmart or Amazon for under $5. If you do wind up getting one, I can email you my setup file and you can load it into your new rig with an SD card plugged in the front (again Wal mart or Amazon, pick one up cheap). Software upgrades are a breeze also unlike the Yaesu.

 

[B7510HSD]

If you can swing the extra dough, the 7300 is a lot more radio. I have two. In my opinion, they are the best value today. Performance vs dollar paid. They were on sale over the dayton event for $899. There are always Thanksgiving and Christmas sales. Also the 7300 is the easiest radio to put on data modes. Just need a simple USB A to USB B cable. You probably have one in a drawer or pick one up at walmart or Amazon for under $5. If you do wind up getting one, I can email you my setup file and you can load it into your new rig with an SD card plugged in the front (again Wal mart or Amazon, pick one up cheap). Software upgrades are a breeze also unlike the Yaesu.

Yes I know all about the 7300 good rig!! This rig will only be used on data for AF MARS and the 7200 from what I read is hard to beat for that! I would like to test a 7300 along side my Kenwood 590SG to see if they are close in specs! If so I will pick one up the price is right!