Pole 1202303 — Pennington Gap, VA

At 17 m, structure 1202303 is about 26% of the 65 m average across the 18 structures registered in Lee County. It is about 26% of the Virginia average of 66 m across 4,237 registrations. Among the 16,541 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (POLE), the average overall height is 31 m, so this one is about 45% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 558 m, which puts the top of the structure 575 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Pennington Gap in Lee County, Virginia, at coordinates 36.74647, -83.03933, with the site address filed as "AIRPORT RD.". Lee County has 18 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 80th-largest count among the 132 Virginia counties with registrations, and 11 of them are marked constructed. Virginia as a whole has 4,237 registrations, the 19th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Bulls Gap, TN · 1243489, a guyed tower at 181 m (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 1202303 on Sep 1, 1999. Nationally, 18,398 of the 197,703 registrations (9.3%) carry the granted (not yet constructed) status, including 319 in Virginia.

The FCC record lists LEE CO. RESCUE SQUAD - P.G.U. of Pennington Gap, VA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0004229431.

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 81-AEA-798-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 1, is listed on the FCC registration form as "None".