[TowerTalk] Towers near airports

[Timothy Coker]

 Here's a link where 2 separate aircraft crashed into a 600+ foot tower over the course of a 44 year period in southern California. The FAA ruled that the benefit of the 600+ foot tower, under two miles from the airport did not pose a serious risk to air traffic.
https://www.ocregister.com/2008/01/08/radio-tower-to-rise-again-near-fullerton-airport/
This might be useful if a smaller area with less air traffic were to attempt to limit your emergency radio traffic tower.
I remember that tower from my flying days... it was big but we all knew where it was. It definitely caused pause to be sure of where it was in that congested air traffic area. That was 600 feet, not the typical ham radio tower height...

73,
Tim / N6WIN.




    On Monday, July 30, 2018, 11:58:56 AM PDT, Chris Hoelzle <hoelzlechris at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I am putting up a couple towers and the standard 100:1 glide path (tower
free zone) does not seem to take into account where your property is in
relation to the airport.

My property is 90 degrees off the runway. Directly off the side of the
runway.

Using the calculations - I am 8650 feet from the side of the airport, it
still seems that they want me not to exceed 86 feet in height.

Have I missed something?

-- 
W7MI
Chris Hoelzle
Bandon, OR
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