[TowerTalk] Stadiums as Tower/Contest Locations

[Roger (K8RI)]

> 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 at hotmail.com
> http://www.jamesburgdish.org
> Jamesburg Earth Station  Moon Bounce Team
> http://www.cq-vhf.com
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