Any tower of 200 ft must be lit with either strobe lights or conventional
red lighting. There is also a formula for towers near the glide slope of an
airport that may require towers under 200 ft be lit. A tower with
conventional lighting must be painted with alternating bands of white and
international orange. This includes coax and in some cases antennas too.
Andrew makes radomes that are pre colored in orange or white for this
purpose. If you look at the FCC actions and fines, having unpainted coax
cables blocking the tower paint is a favorite these days. Lots of cell
sites have added coax runs up a ladder and this is in violation of the
rules.
Look at the actions on the fcc.gov web site and you will see weekly fines
for tower lighting or painting. It looks like this is the modern day
equivalent of the speed trap for raising revenue.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] FAA Paint Removal
> Steve,
>
> I am not aware of any tower owners being fined for not having the coax
> painted. The reason for this is that the tower is put up, painted, and
> lighted before the coax is ever installed. I have also not seen anything
in
> the FCC rules or FAA regulations that require the coax to be painted.
>
> On another subject that was mentioned, There are times that a tower does
not
> require painting. I do not remember the particulars for these but it
depends
> on the lighting of the tower, height and distance from the airport.
>
> If you have an instance where a tower owner was fined for not having coax
> painted I would like to read up on it.
>
> Charles Miller
> Sr. Electronics Technician
> Lead Field Service Technician
> City of Dallas, Communications, Radio Shop
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Grantham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 12:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] FAA Paint Removal
>
>
> > No... But they do require that some structures are painted, and those
> > are not limited to by their proximity to an airport or airfield. And,
> > there have been instances where folks were fined for having unpainted
> > transmission line on painted structures.
> >
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