Tower 1262218 — Framingham, MA

At 27 m, structure 1262218 is about 43% of the 62 m average across the 273 structures registered in Middlesex County. It is about 45% of the Massachusetts average of 59 m across 1,508 registrations. Among the 75,302 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is about 35% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 65 m, which puts the top of the structure 91 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Framingham in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at coordinates 42.31278, -71.40833, with the site address filed as "117 Cherry Street (4BS0684D)". Middlesex County has 273 FCC-registered antenna structures, the largest count among the 14 Massachusetts counties with registrations, and 146 of them are marked constructed. Massachusetts as a whole has 1,508 registrations, the 38th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Newton-02494, MA · 1227884, a tower at 413 m (canceled).

Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history.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 1262218 on Dec 16, 2008. Nationally, 15,871 of the 197,703 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 165 in Massachusetts.

The FCC record lists Omnipoint Communications Inc. of Bellevue, WA as the registered owner. Across the registry it holds 84 structure registrations, the 231st-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 34 in Massachusetts. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (58 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2008-ANE-123-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".