Lattice tower 1320560 — Edinburg, TX

At 91 m, structure 1320560 is about 37% above the 67 m average across the 274 structures registered in Hidalgo County. It is about 20% above the Texas average of 76 m across 20,684 registrations. Among the 35,886 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (LTOWER), the average overall height is 73 m, so this one is about 26% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 29 m, which puts the top of the structure 120 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Edinburg in Hidalgo County, Texas, at coordinates 26.24794, -98.12267, with the site address filed as "4501 E Alberta Road". Hidalgo County has 274 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 9th-largest count among the 254 Texas counties with registrations, and 216 of them are marked constructed. Texas as a whole has 20,684 registrations, the largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Santa Maria, TX · 1206915, a tower at 483 m (granted (not yet constructed)).

Granted means the FCC has issued the registration, but the record does not yet carry the owner's notice that construction was completed. The FCC issued registration 1320560 on Sep 10, 2021. Nationally, 18,387 of the 197,770 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 2,213 in Texas.

The FCC record lists VTX Communications, LLC of Raymondville, TX as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0012585485.

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2021-ASW-2326-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1M, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 7, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style E". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 4, 8, 15.