[BC] Proposed new tower regs.

Ron Youvan ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com
Tue Apr 20 18:55:00 CDT 2010


Jerry Mathis wrote:

> WOW. All I can say is, this looks to me like a GOOD thing. I didn't read through the whole report,
> but what I did read may mean (assuming these changes are approved) that the quarterly tower
> inspection will go away for many towers, plus the need for daily inspection of tower lights.
>  Also, the Rules would be clarified to mean that it is NOT necessary to report the extinguishment
> of steady-burning side lights. And the Rules on how quickly lights must be prepared would be eased.

   It will take me a while to read this all, but the deregulation can't improve safety.
It has never been required to report the failure of steady burning lights, only rotating or code 
beacons.  (flashing lights)

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Ron KA4INM



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