Re: Station Tower lighting

["Dan C." <dwcole@mediaone.net>]

On 27 Apr 2001, at 10:43, Ben Gore wrote:

> > Usually 3 towers in a straight line, the two end ones are lit and
> > the middle is not. -----jibguy
> >
> 
> One facility I was always curious about with a 3 tower AM is the 930
> in Rochester, NH. Situated near the top of a hill, with an airport
> less than 1/2 a mile away the end two towers are lit, the middle one
> is not. I'm sure it's not a normal direction of approach and departure
> from the airport, but being in such close proximity I would think all
> potential precautions would be taken. I guess they meet all
> requirements though as it's been this way as long as I can remember.
> 
> -Ben
> 
> 
Back when I worked in Rochester (it was WWNH back then) all three 
towers were lit at night.  Sometime after I left, which was in 1977, 
it went to the end towers only.  It could have been for a reason as 
simple as the bulb burned out and the owner was too cheap to have it 
replaced...or perhaps they found something in the regs which said 
they didn't have to have it on anyway.  Another of my former 
stations, WTSN in Dover, stopped lighting its towers because it was 
determined they were not in any flight path and were not high enough 
to matter.
Anything to save a buck.


Dan Cole