As a professional educator and coach, I looked into that when I was
employed at a school that had four beautifully placed pair of light
towers on a football field that ran from NE to SW .. ideal for a 4-el
80m wire beam on Europe!
My request was simply that I wished to be allowed to use the stadium
light standards for international communications and was willing to
sign a waiver of liability. The "Director of Operations" was amenable
to the idea, especially after I offered to donate a modest to the
'athletic fund' for stadium upkeep.
The idea was presented to the "school board" for a final decision.
They said, "YES" .... with one requirement ... that the donation be at
least $1,000.
That shot me down and I operated from my home station instead.
Don
N8DE
Quoting Pat Barthelow <aa6eg@hotmail.com>:
> Folks:
>
> A ham friend in Argentina says on some contest weekends, the local sports
> stadiums sprout towers and antennas from the local contest clubs. I always
> thought they would be a great place to put up a tower, or to use existing
> light standards that often approach 200 ft. I found a website of the
> Stadium Mnaagers association. I wonder, if properly approached, stadium
> management would allow hams/contesters to set up semi permanent, or perhaps
> permanent towers/antennas or to use existing tall structures at the stadiums
> for antennas and contest operations?
> Perhaps an approach involving activiities/improvements towards disaster
> operatoins at the stadiums could catch interest of the Management companies
> that run them...Or....maybe the answer to their "whats in it form me" cant
> be very attractive, so they would wirte off any cooperative venture with
> contester hams/ARES hams, as being too much of a liability. Any ideas that
> could make a Stadium a viable antenna tower/contesting/hamming QTH?
>
> Sincerely, Pat Barthelow aa6eg@hotmail.com
> http://www.jamesburgdish.org
> Jamesburg Earth Station Moon Bounce Team
> http://www.cq-vhf.com
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