Monopole 1297855 — Fort Meade, MD

At 26 m, structure 1297855 is about 42% of the 62 m average across the 178 structures registered in Anne Arundel County. It is about 37% of the Maryland average of 70 m across 1,911 registrations. Among the 24,665 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (MTOWER), the average overall height is 42 m, so this one is about 38% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 50 m, which puts the top of the structure 76 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, at coordinates 39.10322, -76.74475, with the site address filed as "6910 Cooper Avenue". Anne Arundel County has 178 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 3rd-largest count among the 24 Maryland counties with registrations, and 132 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).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1297855 on Sep 30, 2025. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 1,312 in Maryland.

The FCC record lists New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC of Plano, TX as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0003291192. Across the registry it holds 1,952 structure registrations, the 14th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (688 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2018-AEA-13158-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 1, is listed on the FCC registration form as "None".