2-tower array 1027738 — Sudbury, MA

At 76 m, structure 1027738 is about 22% above the 62 m average across the 273 structures registered in Middlesex County. It is about 29% above the Massachusetts average of 59 m across 1,508 registrations. Among the 377 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (2TA1), the average overall height is 86 m, so this one is about 12% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 64 m, which puts the top of the structure 140 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Sudbury in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at coordinates 42.42111, -71.39222, with the site address filed as "TWR 1 - 142 NORTH RD RT 117". 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).

Dismantled means the owner has notified the FCC that the structure was taken down. The FCC issued registration 1027738 on Aug 19, 1997. Nationally, 12,705 of the 197,833 registrations (6.4%) carry the dismantled status, including 131 in Massachusetts.

The FCC record lists LANGER BROADCASTING CORP of Cudjoe Key, FL as the registered owner.

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 97-ANE-0388-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1J, 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 3, 4, 5, 13.