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

[Blake Bowers]

In some cases.  You can strobe a tower over 200
feet and not need to paint - and some towers under
200 have to be painted, or strobed.  Depends on
proximity to Airports (Which can be very decieving
depending on height)

I have had 60 foot towers, far from airports, that
needed to be lit due to height and glidepath.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Urban" <burban at kut.org>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: Is this the usual way a tower should be ?


> Tower requires paint only if it exceeds 200 ft AGL.
>
>
> On 2/12/07 11:22 PM, "KC4QLP at aol.com" <KC4QLP at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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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