3-tower array 1040744 — Grand Island, NE

At 66 m, structure 1040744 is about 19% below the 81 m average across the 30 structures registered in Hamilton County. It is about 15% below the Nebraska average of 77 m across 2,687 registrations. Among the 377 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (3TA3), the average overall height is 82 m, so this one is about 20% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 561 m, which puts the top of the structure 626 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Grand Island in Hamilton County, Nebraska, at coordinates 40.87083, -98.27444, with the site address filed as "TWR 3 - 8 KM SE". Hamilton County has 30 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 31st-largest count among the 93 Nebraska counties with registrations, and 22 of them are marked constructed. Nebraska as a whole has 2,687 registrations, the 28th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Giltner, NE · 1029925, a guyed tower at 377 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 1040744 on Aug 30, 2012. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 2,069 in Nebraska.

The FCC record lists GI Family Radio Entertainment, L.L.C. of Grand Island, NE as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0022014799. Across the registry it holds 7 structure registrations, including 7 in Nebraska. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (4 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 97-ACE-1404-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.