[BC] Re: Is this the usual way a tower should be ?

[Blake Bowers]

I believe it would depend a lot on how high the
tower is, for the painting.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <KC4QLP at aol.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:22 PM
Subject: [BC] Re: Is this the usual way a tower should be ?


>
>
> Ohyie! Yes gates are suppose to be closed and locked. That tower needs to 
> be
> painted ASAP. Paint is definitely pealing without question. Besides it is 
> very
> hard to see the tower against the back drop of trees in the back ground. 
> This
> tower is probably for all practical purposes, invisible to air craft at 
> any
> reasonable distance and/or until it would be too late to steer clear of 
> it.
>
> As for cables...I've always favored buring them, but in this case, the 
> cable
> in those photos need to be supported by a messenger cable to reduce 
> stress.
> BTW, that ATU could use some attention too. Rusted out ATU boxes do not 
> work
> very well.
>
> At any rate, an inspection right now with an open unlocked gate and tower
> that needs painting would more than likely result in an NAL.
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Gents:
>>
>>  I took some photos of a three-tower station in Oak
>> Ridge a couple of
>> days ago and left shaking my head.  Posted at:
>> http://tonnesoftware.com/radio/
>> I thumbnailed them down to 500x375 pixels but
>> they are still in the 50 kB size so dialup folks please beware.
>>
>> - JimT
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>  Bob Carter - KC4QLP
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