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Tower Height

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Commo Chief

A question for the engineers out there. I'm curious as to whether you can determine a tower's height by counting the alternating red and white sections? Thank you,
 
Short answer ... no. As I recall, towers are required to have a minimum of seven alternating color bands.
You may be able to count the tower sections. They are usually twenty feet in length.
 
I just looked at the FCC AM Query data base and looked up KKOB (at random). Found .... "Tower number 1, overall height above ground (Meters) 196.6." May be easier than counting sections :)

If you are interested in finding the height of a tower, try Google. There are several non-contact methods. However, fences and security conscious neighbors may rule some of them out.
 
Commo Chief said:
A question for the engineers out there. I'm curious as to whether you can determine a tower's height by counting the alternating red and white sections? Thank you,
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Look up the station in the FCC FM Query. There, you'll see the antenna's height above ground as well as sea level. You can also usually find the FCC tower number there as well. If you look up the tower number, you'll see height information..

Or you can simply search directly for the tower in the database.
 
EngineeringDog said:
Look up the station in the FCC FM Query. There, you'll see the antenna's height above ground as well as sea level. You can also usually find the FCC tower number there as well. If you look up the tower number, you'll see height information..
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Faster and easier is this one:

https://home.recnet.com/

You can even search by city or state. It also pulls up coverage maps and chronological application history and even call letter history. Cool site.
 
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