Jeff wrote:
On 18/04/2015 17:58, wrote:
gareth wrote:
This current interest (and privacy furore) about drones set me thinking,
what an interesting way to elevate a TopBand vertical, but being a temporary
structure, not breaching any planning permission (Brit) or zonal (Yank)
restrictions.

However the height of a 1/4 vertical would be such that it may fall
under the regulations of the CAA (UK) and the FAA (US) depending on
the location.



Under 60m (~200') does not require any permission in the UK.

Jeff

I didn't say anything about "permission", I said regulations, and you
may want to check the fine print, e.g. the FAA has language about 200
feet AGL within 3 nautical miles of an airport, which is why I said
"depending on the location".

And if one is thinking about a balloon or kite antenna, the FAA also
has language about within 5 miles of an airport and visibily of less
than 3 miles.

I am sure the CAA has similar fine print.



--
Jim Pennino

On Sun, 19 Apr 2015, wrote:

Jeff wrote:
On 18/04/2015 17:58, wrote:
gareth wrote:
This current interest (and privacy furore) about drones set me thinking,
what an interesting way to elevate a TopBand vertical, but being a temporary
structure, not breaching any planning permission (Brit) or zonal (Yank)
restrictions.

However the height of a 1/4 vertical would be such that it may fall
under the regulations of the CAA (UK) and the FAA (US) depending on
the location.



Under 60m (~200') does not require any permission in the UK.

Jeff

I didn't say anything about "permission", I said regulations, and you
may want to check the fine print, e.g. the FAA has language about 200
feet AGL within 3 nautical miles of an airport, which is why I said
"depending on the location".

And if one is thinking about a balloon or kite antenna, the FAA also
has language about within 5 miles of an airport and visibily of less
than 3 miles.

I vaguely recall reading about rules for antenna height near airports.

Michael

I am sure the CAA has similar fine print.



--
Jim Pennino

"Michael Black" wrote in message
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I vaguely recall reading about rules for antenna height near airports.

In Brit, not exceedng 50 feet within 1/2 mile of any runway, ISTR.

Jeff wrote:
On 25/04/2015 05:32, gareth wrote:
"Michael Black" wrote in message
ample.org...

I vaguely recall reading about rules for antenna height near airports.

In Brit, not exceedng 50 feet within 1/2 mile of any runway, ISTR.



That clause hasn't been in the UK licence for about the last 30 years.

Jeff

Perhaps not, but is there not local authority/planning regs that restrict
mast and/or antenna height within x distance of airports? I'm sure I read
that a while back when researching putting my own mast up (didn't do it in
the end), I'm only about 2 miles from Rochester airport so it stuck in my
mind.

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Stephen Thomas Cole wrote:
Jeff wrote:
On 25/04/2015 05:32, gareth wrote:
"Michael Black" wrote in message
ample.org...

I vaguely recall reading about rules for antenna height near airports.

In Brit, not exceedng 50 feet within 1/2 mile of any runway, ISTR.



That clause hasn't been in the UK licence for about the last 30 years.

Jeff

Perhaps not, but is there not local authority/planning regs that restrict
mast and/or antenna height within x distance of airports? I'm sure I read
that a while back when researching putting my own mast up (didn't do it in
the end), I'm only about 2 miles from Rochester airport so it stuck in my
mind.

In the UK it is regulated by the CAA.

If you ever intend to do something like this, I would highly suggest
going through all the regulations first.

In the US, the FAA has regulations about structures near an airport
with maximum heights that depend on distance and separate regulations
about balloons and kites near airports.

I am sure the CAA regs, and most other countries as well, are similar
to the FAA regs.



--
Jim Pennino