Interesting find Grant. I guess you could have a camera to verify that the
light is operational. If you are out of town repairing it quickly may be an
issue. They are pretty large wattage bulbs and your tower will need
continuous electrical power, unless you can get it exempt. I'm not sure what
those circumstances are. One email that came to me said that there are stiff
penalties for not complying. Perhaps when stacking 40m or 80m yagis the
taller heights would be beneficial, but you have to really want that dB.
John KK9A
-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Saviers [mailto:grants2@pacbell.net]
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 20:36
To: john@kk9a.com; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Source for (4) 265 foot towers.
see
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title47/47cfr17_main_02
.tpl
As I read it, every light needs to be verified operational every 24 hours by
visual or automatic means and
when a top light is out only 30 minutes is allowed to notify the FAA from
failure, and re-notification is required if not fixed prior to the NOTAM
expiring plus
record keeping for two years of every inspection and notification.
It is not specified, but my guess is the FAA takes a dim view of lights out
for more than a few days. ;)
Plus painting and repainting when faded.
You REALLY have to want to go higher than 200 ft! Quite a hassle unless the
tower is exempted.
Grant KZ1W
On 2/26/2016 8:43 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
> I know that the BIG multi-op contest stations and a few others on this
> list have ham towers that exceed 200 feet. Is it a big deal to
> register, is it costly to register, is it difficult to maintain the
> marking and lighting?
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> To: "'towertalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Source for (4) 265 foot towers.
> From: "Mike & Becca Krzystyniak" <k9mk@flash.net>
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:57:54 -0600
>
> Prior to buying this country QTH, I checked to see if the six dirt
> strips within the 3-4 miles were 'real' FAA airports.
> They were not so I believe notification was not required. However the
> usual FAA height restrictions apply.
>
> https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=showCircl
> eSearc
> hAirportsForm
>
> Here's the website that will give you an idea of how high you'll be
> able to go for a 'no notice' condition:
>
> https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/gisTools/gisAction.jsp?action=sho
> wNoNot
> iceRequiredToolForm
>
> If you have to file and get an FAA determination, you can do it
> on-line and there is no charge.
> FAA determinations can take as long as 90-days.
>
> K9MK
>
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