[BC] KFI Tower replacement ?

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    It's certainly true that tower had really become hemmed-in by
development.   In fact I've never seen buildings built so close to a AM
tower.  They must have been built right over the ground system!  What did
they do about the radials?- do they run under the buildings?  I can only
imagine how high the RF field must be is in those buildings- you can
probably hear the plumbing talking!   At this point it would seem more
logical to rebuild the tower in a less populous area.


On 1/3/06, tosenkowsky at prodigy.net <tosenkowsky at prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> >Well I might understand all this legal red-tape if they wanted to build
> >something new- but they are only replacing a structure that has already
> been
> >there for 57 years! (since 1948) and would still be there if it had not
> been
> >hit by a plane flying below legal elevation limits.   If the tower was ok
> >there in 2004 it should be ok there in 2005.
>
> Zonong laws vary widely. I was once in the Midwest and asked why
> so many houses looked run down and shabby. The local engineer
> said they were like palaces on the inside. Local zoning laws
> did not permit evaluation inspections inside the houses, nor
> from views on the property. Homeowners would be re-evaluated
> from the public road views if they changed anything on the
> exterior so no outside changes were made.
>
> Other jurisdictions, probably like KFI's case, require
> compliance with present day zoning in the case of
> replacement. This includes ADA, fire, electrical and
> other codes.
>
> Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE
>
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