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Greetings to all, My question is this, how do I find contact information for the multitude of commercial radio towers or high rise buildings that lease roof top antenna space in my area ? I have spent countless hours now conducting endless on line searches, rewording my search criteria and I’m a bit embarrassed to say that I have had absolutely no luck at all. I have even contacted the local county government’s communication engineers to see if they could at least point me in the right direction. Sadly, they weren’t able to shed any light either. Now before I start receiving multiple replies about why, especially as a newer member of the GMRS community, am I so worked up about placing a repeater on the air, understand that there currently are NO repeaters that I have been able to hear or even find listed anywhere in the entire county that I live in So, while my initial plan was to acquire permission to access already established repeaters that wasn’t an option. My second option was to just finish installing my 50’ tower and place a private repeater on the air for my family, friends and myself to use but a very good friend of mine (who happened to be a HAM) strongly urged me to reconsider and place my system on for everyone in the community to use which would further strengthen the growing network of GMRS systems available in the state, especially since there aren’t any currently in my area. So, that’s what I am attempting to do and my good friend was guiding me along until a couple of months ago when he suffered a massive stroke and passed away. In HAM terms, my friend was my “Elmer” and one of the best and nicest guys you’d ever want to meet. Long story longer, without his knowledge, experience and guidance in this attempt, I have been struggling to successfully complete my plan to get this system on the air. My 50’ tower isn’t going to provide the coverage needed to make this repeater a viable option for others to use and unless I can come up with a solution I’m afraid I will fail at placing a public system on the air and I really want to keep my word to my friend that I would try my best to successfully complete the endeavor. So, while I could put a local private repeater on for my personal use and most likely have that repeater work just fine for my personal needs, I gave my word that I would attempt placing a public system on the air first and only if that failed fall back to plan B. So, this is why I attempting to find the contact information. To be honest, while I have the repeater, duplexer, hard line and DB413-B antenna, I realize there will still be more expense in setting everything up and that there is the reoccurring expense of the space rental/lease and even possibly a certified tower installer if placed on a commercial tower. When it’s all said and done, I might not be able to afford what’s needed to make this plan a reality, but I have to at the very least, try. Any contact information or guidance would greatly be appreciated. In case the information is needed, I am in the Daytona Beach, Florida, County of Volusia You can contact me through my profile here on myGMRS or direct at repeaterdaytona625@gmail.com (I can’t remember if posting a direct contact is in violation of this site or not) I’m sure if it is, the powers that be will remove it and I’ll be notified of the violation. Let’s hope I didn’t violate the sites rules. Thanks for taking the time to read my mini novel and I look forward to future replies. WRDM373, John here