[BC] Your site in view - Radio Town USA Chicago

[Paul Smith W4KNX]

Then maybe I was looking at the wrong towers.  Sorry if I made an error. but
the approach shows two towers one 2900 MSL and the other around 3325 MSL
quite close to each other.  That could be the Sears tower and Hancock bldg
downtown. There appears to be nothing west of the airport causing a higher
MSA.  Maybe the other towers are taller.  After another look, I see the two
towers around 1400 to 1450 MSL.  It looks almost colocated with the ILS
outer marker beacon.  Still not high enough to cause a problem with an
instrument approach.  Not like KFI in LA where the tower was almost in the
VFR pattern.

Here is a PDF of the O'Hare Instrument approach.  The upside down V symbols
are towers with MSL altitude next to them.
http://download.aopa.org/iap/20050414/EC-3/ord_ils_rwy_09l.pdf

Paul Smith
Sarasota, FL



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Subject: RE: [BC] Your site in view - Radio Town USA Chicago


Trust me...I lived in Elk Grove for 10 years and the next town north
for 25 years. Both sites are 4 miles WEST of O'Hare.  And they are BOTH
under the approach for 9L and R. I've flown over them MANY times...both
departing and approaching.

MM

> I just looked at the Runway 32R ILS approach chart for ORD (O'Hare) in
> Chicago.  These two towers do not interfere with the approaches to
this
> runway or runway 22.  The towers appear to be due east of OHare.  The
only
> thing I see those towers doing is making the MSA (minimum safe
altitude)
> higher in the Southeast quadrant within a 25 mile radius of the
airport.
> Sarasota here has a similar situation with a 1700 foot tower causing
an
> increase in the MSA but does not cause any problems with any approach.
>
> Paul Smith
> Sarasota, FL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:26 AM
> To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [BC] Your site in view - Radio Town USA Chicago
>
>
> Both of the aux. WGN and WBBM towers are painted.  Both sites are
> within/under the approach cone for O'Hare runways 9L and 9R.  They
both
> pre-date O'Hare by 30 years...  Under no conditions would those towers
> be built today...local zoning not withstanding.
>
> MM
>
> > On 8 May 2005 at 9:24, Tom Bosscher wrote:
> >
> > > Alan Alsobrook wrote:
> > >  >Heck, the paint even looks good on the NW tower.. But can't see
> any on
> > > the SE one. If that is a SE one.
> > >
> > >     The painted tower is WGN's main tower. My guess is that the
> > > unpainted maybe an aux AM tower, at a quarter wave length, which
> may
> > > have strobes on it.
> >
> > Wouldn't the aux tower(s) be unlighted, coming within the
obstruction
> > marking "umbrella" of the WGN and WBBM tall towers?
> >
> > Phil Alexander, CSRE
> > Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology
> > (a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation)
> > Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037



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