Dennis Schaefer wrote:
>
> >Bottom line, if your tower installation requires lighting, you are
> >legally required to use the FAA approved lighting fixtures. If it doesn't
> >require lighting, and you want to light it anyway, you are legally
> >required to use FAA approved lighting fixtures.
> >
> >Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
>
> This brings up an interesting question. Someone suggested the small lights
> in QST awhile back and the QST columnist stated the same thing, that even
> if you aren't required to use lights, any lights you use must meet FAA
> standards.
>
> I won't argue with this. (I work for the federal government). However, it
> must be a matter of not what you do, but what you call it. Our area is
> full of "night watcher" lights, which consist of a mercury vapor light on a
> 30 foot pole. These are owned by the power utility. Individuals also put
> their own lights on various poles. The Wal-Mart parking lot has numerous
> light fixtures on 70 foot poles. Our high school football field is less
> than a mile from the airport and has 6 or 8 100+ foot lighting towers with
> huge lights they turn on and off whenever they darn well please. I have
> heard the legend about the mobile home park somewhere that is several miles
> from a small airport, and has such evenly spaced lights down the street
> that novice pilots occasionally line up on it for landing!
>
> It is probably not unheard of for security lighting to be installed on a
> tower ( probably not at the top, though).
>
> Is it true that if the wrong person hears you say "this light is for the
> benefit of low-flying aircraft" that it must meet FCC specifications but if
> you state "this light is for security, etc." then you are exempt? That
> would be pretty ridiculous. Or - do Wal-Mart's parking lot lights have to
> meet some kind of FAA standard?
>
>
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IF THE LIGHTS ARE ON A RADIO TOWER THEY MUST CONFORM TO THE FAA SPEC'S
PERIOD. HAS NOTHING IN THE WORLD TO DO WITH ALL OF THE OTHER LIGHTS
EXCEPT IF THEY ARE IN AN APPROACH AREA TO AN AIRPORT. PERIOD PERIOD
PERIOD.
Hank KN6DI
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