6-tower array 1027136 — Lafayette Hill, PA

At 78 m, structure 1027136 is about 49% above the 52 m average across the 211 structures registered in Montgomery County. It is about 17% above the Pennsylvania average of 67 m across 5,759 registrations. Among the 85 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (6TA1), the average overall height is 83 m, so this one is roughly in line with that figure.

The supporting structure itself measures 77 m; antennas and other appurtenances on top bring the overall height above ground to 78 m. The site's filed ground elevation is 61 m, which puts the top of the structure 139 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Lafayette Hill in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, at coordinates 40.09667, -75.27806, with the site address filed as "TWR 1 - 117 RIDGE PIKE". Montgomery County has 211 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 2nd-largest count among the 67 Pennsylvania counties with registrations, and 120 of them are marked constructed. Pennsylvania as a whole has 5,759 registrations, the 11th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Narberth, PA · 1204321, a tower at 392 m (canceled).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1027136 on May 22, 2018. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 4,028 in Pennsylvania.

The FCC record lists Salem Communications Holding Corporation, Inc of Camarillo, CA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0003760352. Across the registry it holds 98 structure registrations, the 199th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 7 in Pennsylvania. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (5 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 96-AEA-0157-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.