I work right next to a small Airport thats really interesting to the East a Tower has Red & Strobes, the path for the runway they had to chop trees for that 100 to 1 ratio, and whats going to happen next Engineers are planning on building a new facility widening the area, in 2007-2008 , the job I have for that location is private contract, owner is the State of Michigan , over 2 1/2 years of squabbles, between land buying from the Airport for a helipad & trading deals for a sewer line.
What fun of watching planes take off and land, thats the immediate attraction. MH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Grantham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Painting and Lighting > I think the old FCC Form 610 asked if you were within 4 miles of the closest > point of a runway. I can't say that I recall whether it was statute or > nautical though. I guess I'll go look at a new application form, and see > what it says. I'm no pilot, but this would seem to mean there would be a > symetrical oval around a single runway airport using a 4-mile radius where > aircraft might be flying lower and slower in an approach or other type > pattern. Schools, homes, gas stations, restaurants, and grocery stores.. > all could easily be within 4-miles of an airport. Around here, some of the > higher ground along the ridge is unavailable for tower construction because > they built an airport about four miles or less away in the valley below > decades ago. There are places I'd love to put up a 190-foot tower for a > repeater antenna. Heck! Pine trees grow 70 or 80-feet around here in > places where you can't put up a tower. Lots of aircraft fly low, and then > there are those special people who fly the ultra-lights.. > > SG > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Holman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 3:33 AM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Painting and Lighting > > > > Yeah; > > Thats something that was never mentioned in any ham radio exams. > > maybe someone should submit an article to the ARRL for the QST Mag. > > > > MH > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve Grantham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Painting and Lighting > > > > > > > > > > Visit with a friendly pilot and look at some of those nice publications > > the > > > FAA puts out that shows the patterns to fly around individual airports. > A > > > friend showed me some of these a while back. With figure-8s, ovals, > > > symetrical, and non-symetrical patterns, and considering any unique > > terrain > > > features, it seems to be no wonder they have to do "studies" on each > > > individual application for construction. > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Paul Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 8:56 AM > > > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Painting and Lighting > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Did I mention this tower is going to be 4 miles due West of the South > > end > > > of > > > > the runway, in other misspelled words, perpendicular to the runway. > > Thank > > > > God for spel chek! > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: mch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:05 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Tower Painting and Lighting > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul Finch wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 20 feet, seems kinda crazy to me but that's the Government for ya! > > > > > > > > Yep. They probably went by the slide slope (or whatever the other side > > > > of that is called - the rise slope?) and it came out to 190 feet at > that > > > > distance. > > > > > > > > > They also required that it have red lights at > > > > > night as well as being painted! > > > > > > > > Being painted has nothing to do with the night lighting. It only > > > > pertains to daytime - paint or lit. There are some that are both, but > > > > only because the owners decided it was better to light it and forget > > > > maintenance on the paint, so the paint is faded below standard. But, > as > > > > long as it's lit, it doesn't matter. > > > > > > > > There certainly are cases where even below 200' the regulations apply. > > > > > > > > It's funny to see a power tower painted and lit while others on the > same > > > > line, even higher in elevation, do not have to be. 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