[TowerTalk] TOWAIR query - proximity to airport, FCC and FAA registration

[Pete Smith]

This sure suggests a computational error in the TOWAIR routine - like 
when you do a model in HFTA and a 1-meter change in antenna height 
produces a big change in pattern.  I think the first thing I'd do is a 
manual computation based on a topo map.  Measure the distance from the 
nearest border of the airport (for a conservative calculation), your 
site's altitude, and apply the algorithm given in the FCC reg.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 4/2/2010 6:26 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> At 6 meters of tower height, I don't need to register.  At 7 meters of tower
> I'm suddenly 22 meters too high for the distance from Whidbey NAS.