I have already posted once or twice on this thread. I started with MV'S, bought a Goat, restored it at a comm-model, and discovered green radios are almost a separate hobby within a hobby.
I finally finished installing all the radios, receivers, teletype, etc, in my Goat (cables are another story), and now I am trying to concentrate on stuff for the house (actually my shed out back). I found an extendable 45 foot tower FOR A WHOPPING $5.00 ! It needs a little love towards the base, I think it took an impact, but well within my repair capabilities. Now, I am fighting the city Pand Z for being able to install it. $600 for application fees, an enviromental impact study by a certified engineer, an 8' fence around the tower, written permission from everyone who lives within 300 yards, THEN the filing fee for the permit, THEN the permit fee, signs all around the tower, and I am leaving out the minor ones.
I realize FCC PRB-1 declared I can have it without undue hassles or restrictions, but who decides what undue restrictions are? You guessed it, the P and Z. If I wasn't for my job, I would just throw it up and forget about it. The local HAM clubs haven't offered much help.
I think I am going to try and find another WORKING RT524, or RT246 at Lodi, and toss it in my shed as a start.
Whatever became of having a signal corps crest on our avator?
Keep it going guys! KE7KFC