On 12/31/11 9:45 AM, n4zkf wrote:
> Wait till they get caught with "non" certified lighting and no monitoring.
> IT cost us 6 digits in fines some years back.
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> On 12/31/11 11:38 AM, "Mickey Baker"<fishflorida@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Required lights must meet FAA specs. Non-required lights don't.
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This is an interesting point, tower wise..
He was talking about *non-required* lighting.
If you put a light on your 50 foot tower, and it doesn't meet FAA specs,
I'd find it hard to believe they could cite you for it.
If you put deceptive lighting, I can see getting in trouble.
Or lighting that was excessively bright, for instance.
I guess I could see some sort of "lighting optional, but if you do
light, it has to be like this" kind of requirement.
But, this *should* be trivially resolvable: either the FARs require it
or they don't. *should* is the operative word here. There's lots of
things that the regs might or might not require, but fall in that
"authority having jurisdiction" or "consult your local rabbi for Kosher
installation" bucket. For instance, there are commercially sold
software defined radios that, being ham equipment, don't need FCC
registration, but as a practical matter, they do meet a lot of the rules
for commercial equipment, as a "lets be nice to the FCC and they'll be
nice to us" kind of approach.
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