Tower 1021429 — Big Rapids, MI

At 106 m, structure 1021429 is about 43% above the 74 m average across the 72 structures registered in Mecosta County. It is about 42% above the Michigan average of 74 m across 6,215 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 39% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 300 m, which puts the top of the structure 406 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Big Rapids in Mecosta County, Michigan, at coordinates 43.65167, -85.47972, with the site address filed as "BIG RAPIDS CELL SITE". Mecosta County has 72 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 27th-largest count among the 83 Michigan counties with registrations, and 48 of them are marked constructed. Michigan as a whole has 6,215 registrations, the 8th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Barryton, MI · 1229622, a guyed tower at 294 m (constructed).

Terminated means the FCC has ended the registration. The FCC issued registration 1021429 on Jul 2, 1997. Nationally, 8,910 of the 197,703 registrations (4.5%) carry the terminated status, including 273 in Michigan.

The FCC record lists CELLULAR MOBILE SYSTEMS OF MICHIGAN RSA NO. 7 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP DBA = CENTURY CELLUNET of Monroe, LA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001716471. Across the registry it holds 79 structure registrations, the 250th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 46 in Michigan. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (77 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 91-AGL-861-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1H, 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.