In recent years, many wireless towers have converted to daytime lighting,
which has eliminated the necessity for transmission line painting. The
instances I made reference to concerned lease towers, which had transmission
lines added when wireless tenants occupied space after the tower had
previously been constructed and painted by the landlord.
If you will observe the skyline as you drive the highways, you will often
see wireless towers that look like they are all black, this being due to the
large size and number of lines installed. At this point, everyone hopes
that such as these are lit with daytime strobes. If they are not, then they
are just waiting for their luck to run out as they are not in compliance.
This is where the trouble is found, and not necessarily where a lone piece
of half-inch or seven-eighths line is running up the structure.
The FCC and FAA are very sticky about the painting of towers that are not
approved for daytime lighting, and the interpretation of paint chip vs.
weathered structure paint hues is extremely subjective.
Also, if you are going to occupy a tower site, be dang sure it's a
registered tower if it is supposed to be. If it doesn't require marking and
lightning, then it won't require registration. Otherwise, be sure to look
for that sign displaying the ASR number to be conspicuously posted.
Check Title 47 CFR Part 17 for more details. Search the FCC and FAA web
sites for more information. See also "FAA Obstruction Marking & Lighting
Advisory Circular 70/7460-1" for information.
73,
Steve, AA5SG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 8:38 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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