[BC] Antenna Question

[Chuck Lakaytis]

We had a set of those on the guy cables on the 400 foot stick at 
KBRW-AM, Barrow, Alaska.  (The northernmost broadcast station in the 
U.S. and perhaps the North American continent.  They were there 
because the road 1,000 feet away was frequently used by small 
aircraft to fly east in bad weather to another community.

One winter of Arctic winds and temperatures reduced them to orange 
shards all over the tundra.

The FAA recognized the problem and let us not replace them.


----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Trueblood" <kevin at neptuneradio.net>
>I am presuming you're wondering about the orange balls?
>
>It's supposed to be for marking the guy wires for small planes like 
>crop dusters.  We're building a new tower at a contract station 
>(next to I-55 just south of Lexington, IL), and the county was going 
>to require them in the building permit.  Although we weren't sure 
>how the county had jurisdiction over it, eventually we got the 
>building permit without the ball requirement.



-- 
Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
135 Cordova Street