[SBE] Looking for a new home for an FM antenna...

[David R. Wilson]

Hello Frank,

I would take a look at the ASRN database on the FCC site.
You can look for structures in the area of interest:

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistrationSearch.jsp

Find coordinates for something close.  Mapquest Lat/Long lookup can be
useful to take a look at the area.  I don't know why they are hiding
this, but it has been helpful:

  http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp

Just remember the negative sign for longitude for the Western
Hemisphere.


I would guess Terraserver or Google earth or somewhere else you could
get elevation data.

Buildings and other structures are possible.  Depending on where they
are and resources they might also want to look at doing their own site /
tower construction.


Dave

David R. Wilson
Engineer for the Cromwell Group
Nashville Tennessee
WBUZ WPRT WQZQ


On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 12:15 -0800, Frank Baptista wrote:

> Hi folks -

>  

> I have a client that recently acquired a CP for a non-commercial FM

> station.  Their CP was based on a mast that they had intended to use,

> however, it turns out that the intended mast does not have room for

> the directional multi-bay antenna that they need.

>  

> So, after discovering that the Yellow Pages does not have a local

> "Towers-R-Us", I was wondering what would be a good way to locate

> another area tower to share.

>  

> Besides other FM towers (which I recognize could pose interference

> problems for the existing station(s) without proper filtering), do

> cell towers provide a good alternative?  If so, is there a cell tower

> database?

>  

> How about an unoccupied ham antenna mast?  Church steeple?  Golden

> arches?  Any suggestions would be welcome.

>  

> Thanks!

> Frank Baptista  CBRE, CRO

> 

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