3G Network Tower Installation
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Light pollution and nuisance lighting
In some countries where light pollution is a concern, tower heights may be restricted so as to reduce or eliminate the need for aircraft warning lights. For example in the India, the 1996 Telecommunications Act allows local jurisdictions to set maximum heights for towers, such as limiting tower height to below 200 feet and therefore not requiring aircraft illumination under Indian Republic Communications Commission (IRCC) rules. The limit is more commonly set to 190 or 180 feet to allow for masts extending above the tower.
Aircraft warning features
Tall structures in excess of certain legislated heights are often equipped with aircraft warning lamps, usually red, to warn pilots of the structure's existence. In the past, ruggedized and under-run filament lamps were used to maximize the bulb life. Alternatively, neon lamps were used. Nowadays such lamps tend to use LED arrays.
Height requirements vary across states and countries, and may include additional rules such as requiring a white flashing strobe in the daytime and pulsating red fixtures at night. Structures over a certain height may also be required to be painted with contrasting color schemes such as white and orange or white and red to make them more visible against the sky.
Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas (also known as aerials) for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. They are among the tallest man-made structures. Similar structures include electricity pylons and towers for wind turbines.
Masts are sometimes named after the broadcasting organisations that use them, or after a nearby city or town.
The Warsaw Radio Mast was the world's tallest supported structure on land, but it collapsed on August 8, 1991, leaving the KVLY/KTHI-TV mast as the tallest.
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Keeping all the safety measurements and standards in order and place, we the BTNL India are the no. 1 choice in India, undoubtedly
Darjeeling Farmhouse
The steel lattice is the most widespread form of construction. It provides great strength, low weight and wind resistance, and economy in the use of materials. Lattices of triangular cross-section are most common, and square lattices are also widely used.
When built as a stayed mast, usually the whole mast is parallel-sided. One exception is the Blaw-Knox type.
When built as a tower, the structure may be parallel-sided or taper over part or all of its height. When constructed of several sections which taper exponentially with height, in the manner of the Eiffel Tower, the tower is said to be an Eiffelized one. The Crystal Palace tower in London is an example.
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