Finally!! Some closure. :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Shoemaker Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 11:52 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] tower lighting
Okay, here are the rules from the source: http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAdvisoryCircular .nsf/0/b993dcdfc37fcdc486257251005c4e21/$FILE/AC70_7460_1K.pdf Generally, towers over 200' or that rise above a projected plane of protection (no pun intended) around a public airport must be either painted and lit with red at night, or strobed (and optionally lit with red at night in lieu of the strobe). Patrick Shoemaker President, Vector Data Systems LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: (301) 358-1690 x36 mobile: (410) 991-5791 http://www.vectordatasystems.com Bryan Scott wrote: >> I'm no expert, but I have seen many towers with significant height that >> aren't painted. >> >> Heck, to that extent, buildings over 200' would need to be red\white, then. > > The best part about posting to large lists is how quickly third-party > information is either substantiated or shredded to millions of pieces. > Thank goodness I'm just a network nerd and not the tower expert. > > We collocate some gear on a parasitic/backup AM tower that's around 250' > or so. The active, main tower is 400' (it was supposed to be 800 but > they gave up for one reason or another). He commented how everything of > ours would have to be painted except our white dish that is in a white > portion. He may have been quoting us (and is living by) pre-strobe > rules. Or maybe they do what they do because they're AM towers.. in the > proximity (~5 miles) of a large airport, etc. etc. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
