Tower 1002959 — Elkridge, MD

At 107 m, structure 1002959 is about 48% above the 72 m average across the 69 structures registered in Howard County. It is about 53% above the Maryland average of 70 m across 1,911 registrations. Among the 75,198 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is about 41% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 71 m, which puts the top of the structure 178 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Elkridge in Howard County, Maryland, at coordinates 39.19972, -76.76667, with the site address filed as "NE INT I-95 & RT 100". Howard County has 69 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 11th-largest count among the 24 Maryland counties with registrations, and 50 of them are marked constructed. Maryland as a whole has 1,911 registrations, the 33rd-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Baltimore, MD · 1044237, a guyed tower at 390 m (constructed).

Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history. The FCC issued registration 1002959 on Mar 7, 2001. Nationally, 15,900 of the 197,833 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 236 in Maryland.

The FCC record lists AMERICAN PCS LP DBA = AMERICAN PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS of Bethesda, MD as the registered owner.

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 96-AEA-2735-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1J, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 7, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style E". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 4, 8, 13.