> 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
Most years we have used one or the other of two high school stadiums for our
club FD sites with the grand stands serving as support for towers and the
"press box" the location for at least one of our stations. The press box may
or may not be a great place depending on the weather. On a really bright and
hot day it certainly is not the location of choice<:-))
Roger K8RI)
> 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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