Lattice tower 1298657 — Ridgecrest, CA

At 37 m, structure 1298657 is roughly in line with the 39 m average across the 540 structures registered in Kern County. It is about 13% above the California average of 32 m across 11,860 registrations. Among the 35,886 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (LTOWER), the average overall height is 73 m, so this one is about half of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 705 m, which puts the top of the structure 742 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Ridgecrest in Kern County, California, at coordinates 35.64864, -117.69183, with the site address filed as "1514 N Inyo Street". Kern County has 540 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 5th-largest count among the 58 California counties with registrations, and 333 of them are marked constructed. California as a whole has 11,860 registrations, the 2nd-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Johannesburg, CA · 1200992, a guyed tower at 78 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1298657 on Mar 16, 2016. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 6,866 in California.

The FCC record lists Shawn Barker Construction Inc. of Trona, CA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0012981569.

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2015-AWP-11899-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1L, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 9, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style A". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 4, 5, 12.