[BC] Ponder & comment

[Mike McCarthy]

At 10:31 AM 2/16/2009 -0700, Ron Nott wrote
>There is a Class C AM station with a nominal quarter wave vertical 
>antenna.  About 700' (~one wavelength) away is a self-supporting cellular 
>tower that is about 93 electrical degrees tall.  It has been there for 
>several years and is not detuned.
>
>Please ponder and comment on this question:  If the cellphone owner is 
>aware of FCC rules and has refused to detune his tower and the station 
>licensee is aware of the FCC rules and does nothing, does the licensee 
>have any obligation, legal, moral or ethical to notify the FCC?
>
>Your comments will be greatly appreciated.
>
>ron

Yes...absolutely. Why would they not?

That said, if the cell phone tower owner did a study and determined there 
would be no impact, that will be the first step at arguing no detuning is 
needed.  I've seen a few cases where detuning wasn't/isn't 
warranted.  Rare...but true.  Where is this station's engineer?

MM