[TowerTalk] Tower Space Rental Rates

[Bill Gaines AD8P]

Our club has been approached by a local company about the possibility of installing a repeater (somewhere in the 150 mhz range) on our 180' tower. Actually they want to place 2 antennas on it. In exchange for this they are willing to install a propane emergency generator which would power the club in event of power outages and provide high speed internet to us. They would incur all costs. We haven't spoken to our attorney or anyone else but I would like to know what other similar locations get in compensation for tower space. In a mostly rural general location within the city limits of a 30,000 population area, how much could we really expect someone to pay for tower space on our tower? Surely it would have to be more than the cost of internet service a month.

Thanks Bill AD8P