[AF] worlds highest towers?

[Rex Hyum Lee]

It appears that they have two catagories, "Self supporting/ Free standing"
and "Supported structures".

rex

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Kippel" <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
To: "The Alternate Frequency" <af at radiolists.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [AF] worlds highest towers?


> On 5/12/07, Rex Hyum Lee <rex at verticalradio.org> wrote:
> The KVLY-TV mast (formerly the KTHI-TV mast) is a television transmitting
> mast in North Dakota, USA, used by Fargo station KVLY channel 11. At 2,063
> ft (628.8 m), it is currently the world's tallest supported structure on
> land.
>
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>
> What is surprising is that
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Federation_of_Great_Towers
>
> shows China's own Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai at 1535 feet, and they
> don't mention it.
>
> I checked the FCC database and found KXTV Sacramento at 613 m AGL, that's
> 2,011 feet.  I haven't had time to check the coordinates on Google Earth,
> but that must be one of the ones at Walnut Grove, between Sacramento and
> Stockton.  ISTR a 1600-footer there in 1964, and I believe it is still
> there.