[TowerTalk] Tower Insurance

[Alan NV8A]

On 08/16/10 04:01 pm, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

>>   I will putting the TX-472 up in the next month , I am  renting so I do
> not have
> actual homeowners insurance.
>
>>    Does anyone have any recommendations on insurance companies to
> investigate  ?
>
>      Your tower is either considered personal property  or an appurtenant
> (auxiliary?) structure so generally either way you're  covered.
>
>      Ray Fallen, ND8L, an insurance agent, had an  excellent article on
> insurance in QST several months ago. Start there.

My insurance agent told me that the tower is considered an "accessory 
structure" -- same as "appurtenant (auxiliary?) structure???? -- IF it 
is "attached to" the building. The "attachment" may be nominal but 
cannot be merely the electrical connections.

73

Alan NV8A