[BC] lighting removal- was FAA RF rulemaking

Mike McCarthy Towers
Thu Jun 29 09:33:41 CDT 2006


It would certainly alter the pattern, thus requiring a adjusting the DA and 
new partial proof.  Leave them there..... been there...done that.

MM

At 09:15 AM 6/29/2006 -0500, Scott Todd wrote
>/If you remove the top beacon you will be lowering
>the tower height. If this is an AM tower, the base Z
>will change if the wire and lighting choke are removed./
>
>
>Tom- this reminds me of a related question.  I've got an array that hasn't 
>been lighted since they added a diplexed station
>in the early 90s so the wires and chokes are gone, but the beacons are 
>still there except on one tower (removing the beacon
>put it below 200' while the rest are something like 199' with beacons.) 
>Would it radically change the base Z of the towers to
>remove the existing beacons and possibly even the OBs?  Figured it would 
>lessen wind resistance.
>
>Scott Todd
>
>
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