2022_08_07_french-lick-tower_12

The tower is ASR 1275846, standing on a hill in French Lick, Indiana, with the recursive address "French Lick Tower." It was built in 2010, and is owned by Smithville Telephone, Inc., a family owned company of long standing that also specializes in fiber optic service to homes. I don't see anything that yells "telephony" at me here. All the cellular providers are on three towers on higher sites across town. But on it is W269BU, a translator on 101.9 FM of WFIU/103.7, of Bloomington.

 

The top of this tower looks like it was rigged for an FM antenna, but I don't know what Smithfield has, or had, in mind.

 

Details about both:

 

Tower:

Registration Number: 1275846

File Number: A1204661

FAA Issue Date: 06/24/2009

Status: Constructed

Date Constructed: 11/03/2010

Structure Coordinates: 38-32-59.3 N 86-37-36.5 W (NAD 83)

Structure Address: French Lick Tower

Structure City: French Lick, IN

Structure County: Orange County

Site Elevation: 220.6 meters (724 ft)

Height of Structure: 79.5 meters (261 feet)

Overall Height Above Ground: 79.5 meters (261 feet)

Overall Height Above Mean Sea Level: 300.1 meters (985 feet)

 

Station:

Effective Radiated Power: 0.038 kW

Transmitter Output Power: 0.116 kW

Antenna Center HAAT: 65.1 m Horiz.; 0 m Vert.

Antenna Center AMSL: 252 m (827 ft.)

Antenna Center HAG: 31 m (102 ft.)

Site Elevation: 221 m. (725 ft.)

Height Overall*: 80 m (262 ft.)

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