"Jerry Stuckle" wrote in message
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Actually, the FCC doesn't limit towers to 200'. But anything over 200'
has to be lighted and registered so it can appear on air navigation
charts. Then there are all kinds of other hassles like ensuring the

You are correct on the limit. I knew I remembered something about 200 feet
but did not recall it correctly.

In the US it seems that you can put up whatever you can afford. Most of the
hams I know have towers from about 40 to 60 feet. A few at 100 to 120. It
all depends on where you are at as to the local and state rules. If you
move into some housing developments they can have a rule of no outside
antenna. Some towns and counties have rules that you can put up a 40 or 50
foot tower.

I talked to one ham on the air and he told me that he lived in a development
and it speciffically stated there could not be any rules on the towers. The
man that started that development was a ham.

In the county I live in there are no rules at this time, but some housing
developments have them and you sort of have to give up your rights to lots
of things if you move in there. I made sure that when I bought a house there
were no rules other than the ones of the state or county.
I only went to 60 feet of tower because that was about the ammount of money
I had to spend and it was as far up as I wanted to climb. I am not afraid
of heights, but not in the physical condition to climb any higher and do
much after I get there.

For Gareth , here is the federal rules from the ARRL website. While the
rules keep the states from making some unreasonable rules, it does not apply
to housing develompnet areas where you sign away your rights if you want to
move into that area.

§97.15 Station antenna structures.

(a) Owners of certain antenna structures more than 60.96 meters (200 feet)
above ground level at the site or located near or at a public use airport
must notify the Federal Aviation Administration and register with the
Commission as required by part 17 of this chapter.

(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, a station antenna structure may be
erected at heights and dimensions sufficient to accommodate amateur service
communications. (State and local regulation of a station antenna structure
must not preclude amateur service communications. Rather, it must reasonably
accommodate such communications and must constitute the minimum practicable
regulation to accomplish the state or local authority's legitimate purpose.
See PRB-1, 101 FCC 2d 952 (1985) for details.)





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