Towers
Disaster Recovery
It is prudent to create and maintain a plan for disaster recovery at your facilities, which includes maintaining a strong working relationship with your consulting engineer.
Dialight Vigilant Series High Intensity L-856 LED Strobe Achieves FAA Certification
The Radio magazine 2011 Pick Hit-award winning product will be installed on a 1,200' tower in North Carolina.
Building Codes and RS222-G
TIA-222 has been around since 1949, but it has seen several revisions. Here's a review of the current standards.
RF Safety
FCC rules, IEEE and NCRP standards are designed to reduce the potential for human danger.
A DIY Approach to Site Security
Securing sites fulfills objectives such as protecting the public from harm, deterring theft, protecting equipment and securing buildings.
Hughey and Phillips Inc Horizon Series
Dual medium intensity LED strobe system
International Tower Lighting (ITL) ILS-D1RW-008-E1
Dual LED lighting system
Tower Maintenance
First and foremost in any tower maintenance program is to build a solid relationship with a tower crew; and you get what you pay for. Jeremy Ruck explains.
Dialight Vigilant L-856
High-intensity LED strobe
Field Report: FM Services TLM-1
Here's a microprocessor-based system designed to monitor a tower's beacons, obstruction lamps, flash rate, photo control operation -- even the presence of an ATU heater bulb for winter months.
LED Obstruction Lighting Systems Give Back
LED lighting is a cost-effective approach to obstruction lighting.
L-com Global Connectivity ALW-CAT5HPJ, ALW-CAT5EJ, ALW-CAT6HPJ
Lighting surge protectors
International Tower Lighting (ITL) DLC-403
Dual LED controllers
International Tower Lighting (ITL) ILS-2400, ILS-3400
Obstruction lighting system
Sabre Towers
Tower manufacturer/installer
Nott Ltd. Copperweld
Grounding wire
International Tower Lighting ILS-2400, ILS-3400
Obstruction lighting system
Clamcleats Line-Lok
Line tensioners
Tower Siting and the Environment
Environmental protection issues for towers extend beyond air, water and wildlife. It also includes historical buildings, landmarks, protected lands and national parks.
Transmission Line Maintenance
The bottom line is that without maintenance, transmission line will ultimately fail. The good news is that with regular and periodic inspections, the likelihood of unplanned failures is greatly reduced.
Effects of Tower Standard 222G
The bottom line is that Revision G is a good thing, and the standard authors have crafted an excellent standard.
Maximizing Tower Assets
There will always be opportunities to rent tower space. Here are some insider tips to keep in mind.
Grounding standards for broadcast
While there are similarities between various grounding methodologies, asking 10 engineers for their opinions will probably return a minimum of eight different and valid recommendations.
Safety in the workplace
The upcoming generation of radio engineers will encounter a new ease of measurement as a fact of the Commission's new directional antenna proof rules.
WCFB rebuilds after a tornado
A borderline F3/F4 tornado had cut a path across WCFB's transmitter property, directly hitting the building and 1,500' tower, bringing it to the ground. The building and everything in it was a total loss and it was going to be a long recovery process.
