In all my experiences when presenting a request for an "amateur" support structure we have always stressed that we are unpaid volunteers and generally ride a white horse and all the rest.  When a ham puts a commercial system on his tower he really changes the political dynamic of his situation.  These cases/hearings/struggles are always political.  I would not be comfortable dealing with your problem in Rancho Palos Verdes.  Many towns here are often afraid to give us too much or even anything as it will set a precedent, they feel, for any future dealings they have with the commercial cell tower folks.

I do think that any ham who adds a commercial transmitter to his tower clouds the issue and he is certainly no longer riding a white horse as far as the neighbors and the town are concerned, but I guess it is for the courts to determine whether he is wearing a mask in these instances.

Frank...N2FF....

W3KD@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 6/14/2002 3:23:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, n2ff@optonline.net writes:
 
 

My position is, once
you put one commercial transmitter on your ham tower it becomes a commercial tower forever.

That is exactly the opposite of an argument I have been making in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, as Art well knows. But it is subject to debate, I will concede.

Chris