[EAS] Lat. and Long. Error in the ETRS Form

[Rod Zeigler]

I told the ETRS folks at the FCC about the latitude and longitude 
discrepancy that I discovered on the pre-populated forms. That being 
that the pre-populated figures did not correspond to the actual siting 
points of the towers. Today I received a reply that they had indeed had 
an incorrect data set when they built the form but have now switched to 
a more accurate data set  If anyone used the pre-populated latitude and 
longitude and filed their forms before today, I would strongly suggest 
going back and reviewing those two items to make sure they are correct.
I am guessing now, but I imagine that they used NAD 27 figures initially 
and then changed to NAD 83 figures. I used Franson Coord Trans to do my 
calculations and when I populated the latitude and longitude boxes with 
those figures it put the tower site in the correct place. Before that it 
was 3-4 miles off.

-- 
R. V. Zeigler, Dir. of Eng.
Nebraska Rural Radio Assn.
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