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Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 202, Issue 26

To: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 202, Issue 26
From: Jim Rhodes <jim@rhodesend.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:20:00 -0500
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That is what I have heard. They have a database they want to keep
everything in so that the crop dusters just have to download the
appropriate area map and everything will show on the cockpit computer.

Jim Rhodes
K0XU

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 12:41 Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com> wrote:

> So my take in looking over the ARRL "readers digest" article & the
> Dayton presentation where they state:
>
> "The new FAA regulations, implemented in the summer of 2019 now require
> that the only towers less than 200 feet tall that have to be painted and
> lighted are/meteorological aids and those within the glide slope of an
> airport or heliport./The remainder of such towers/in rural or
> agricultural areas lower than 200 feet need to only/be included in
> an FAA-maintained database, which will be updated by the owners of such
> towers."
>
> Is that I will have to register my 2-3 towers in the FAA database since
> I live in a rural area (farmland all around me) and the towers are
> removed away from any buildings etc.
>
> Gedas, W8BYA
>
> Gallery at http://w8bya.com
> Light travels faster than sound....
> This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
>
> On 10/21/2019 1:12 PM, Tom Frenaye wrote:
> > (Oops, left out the link in the last message)
> >
> > Since that article is three years old, this article may be more up to
> date.
> > Most hams do not have to worry.
> >
> >
> http://www.arrl.org/news/faa-reauthorization-act-language-serves-to-exclude
> > -vast-majority-of-amateur-radio-towers
> >
> >
> >
> >    ‹ Tom/K1KI
> > ‹
> > Tom Frenaye, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093. c: 860-597-4539  h:
> > 860-668-5444
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/21/19, 12:41 PM, "TowerTalk on behalf of NN4TT Dave Clausen"
> > <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com on behalf of nn4tt1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> http://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2016/new-faa-rules-will-require-some
> >> -50-to-200-foot-towers-to-be-marked/
> >>
> >> Hope this helps,
> >>
> >> Dave
> >> NN4TT
> >>
> >> Sent from my new OnePlus 6T on T-Mobile.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 12:00 PM <towertalk-request@contesting.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Message: 3
> >>> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:55:46 -0400
> >>> From: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>
> >>> To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
> >>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Markings
> >>> Message-ID: <529f7ceb-d646-98bd-09c6-785115cc7d75@mchsi.com>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> >>>
> >>> I beg forgiveness for not keeping up on this but was there not some
> talk
> >>> several months ago about a radical new requirement that all towers over
> >>> even a modest height of around 50' or so be marked with paint or
> lights?
> >>>
> >>> Is this in fact a requirement and if so can someone point to a URL that
> >>> defines the requirements etc. TU es 73
> >>>
> >>> Gedas, W8BYA
> >>>
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