[TowerTalk] Tower Markings

[jimlux]

On 10/21/19 11:52 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> What is the FCC definition of a rural area?
> 
> John KK9A

Probably FAA is what you want.
One of the presentations by K1VR gives a number like 10,000 people to 
make it "not rural"


The problem they are trying to solve is ag aerial applicators (crop 
dusters) running into stuff that's hard to see.  So a practical 
interpretation would be "if you're in an area where they do crop 
dusting, you're in a rural area"

(mind you, when the Mediterranean fruit fly was a problem in Los 
Angeles, they sprayed pretty much the entire city with Malathion/bait, 
and under no stretch of imagination could you call Los Angeles "rural")




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> 
> Gedas w8bya 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
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