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Re: [TowerTalk] To light or not to light

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] To light or not to light
From: Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Hans Hammarquist <hanslg@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 15:15:19 -0400
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Thank you, Mike, for pointing this out.


It is easy to get lost in the US law jungle.


Best 73 de,


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Clarson <wv2zow@gmail.com>
To: Hans Hammarquist <hanslg@aol.com>; TowerTalk@contesting.com 
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 18, 2014 11:41 am
Subject: To light or not to light


Another perspective: Years ago, my company built a tower in Ohio. Land owner 
asked that we put a beacon on it. Our regulatory compliance group (lawyers) 
advised us to NOT light the tower, since FAA/FCC regulations did not require 
it. Their reason was that if we lit the tower, we were deciding it was a hazard 
to aviation, not the FAA. The problem with that is if the light is out for any 
reason, unlike with FAA lighting, there is no mechanism (like notifying the FAA 
so they may issue a bulletin that a beacon is out) to notify pilots when there 
is a problem. Lawyers. --Mike, WV2ZOW



On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk 
<towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:

Maybe we should have ARRL to look into t hat. I would not like even to be sued 
over that. From my point of view the pilot should have been responsible for the 
destruction of the tower. Obviously the pilot didn't take needed care. If that 
was me driving into a tower there would be no questions whose fault it was.


Hans - N2JFS










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