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Guyed tower 119283

Portsmouth, Virginia · Portsmouth city

Overall height
152 m (499 ft)
Rank in VA
56th
of 2,950
Constructed
1972
54 years ago
Radio horizon
51 km (32 mi)
estimate

Overview

ASR 119283 is one of 31 registered structures in Portsmouth, VA. It is a guyed tower standing 152 m (499 ft) above ground.

Compared with other guyed tower registrations in Virginia, it is 56.0% taller than the median of 98 m.

Registration is held by American Towers LLC, which owns 5 of the structures registered in Portsmouth, VA.

Line-of-sight distance from the top of a 152 m structure is about 51 km (31.6 mi) under the standard 4/3-earth model. Actual usable range is normally much shorter, since hills, buildings and foliage all cut into it.

This is a dense cluster: 13 other registered structures fall within 5 km, the closest just 562 m to the WSW.

The registration dates from the 1970s, part of the 2,950 structures on file for Virginia.

Location

Coordinates
36.87683, -76.39106

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Registration record

as filed with the FCC
FCC registration 119283
Structure type Guyed tower
Overall height (AGL) 152 m (499 ft)
Height above sea level 159 m (522 ft)
Constructed 1972
Date on record 1 Nov 1972
Coordinates 36.87683, -76.39106
County Portsmouth city
Registered owner American Towers LLC
Owner type Tower company

How it compares

calculated from the full national dataset
Height rank in Virginia 56th of 2,950 taller than 98.1%
Height rank in Portsmouth 2nd of 31
Height rank in county 1st of 28
Median guyed tower in Virginia 98 m (320 ft) +56.0% vs median
Radio horizon (estimate) 51 km (32 mi) theoretical maximum, flat terrain
Other structures within 5 km 13

Nearest registered structures

north is up
0.4 mi 0.8 mi 1.1 mi Mast — 562 m WSW Monopole — 720 m WSW Tower array — 1.8 km (1.1 mi) ENE Tower array — 1.8 km (1.1 mi) ENE Lattice tower — 1.8 km (1.1 mi) ESE
Distance Bearing Type Height ASR
562 m WSW Mast 79 m (260 ft) 115852
720 m WSW Monopole 61 m (199 ft) 102113
1.8 km (1.1 mi) ENE Tower array 62 m (203 ft) 2643499
1.8 km (1.1 mi) ENE Tower array 62 m (203 ft) 2643502
1.8 km (1.1 mi) ESE Lattice tower 99 m (325 ft) 2707558

About this record

A slender mast held upright by tensioned cables anchored around it. The cheapest way to go very tall, which is why most structures above 300 m are guyed.

These figures come from the FCC's Antenna Structure Registration database, filed under registration 119283. Heights and coordinates are as submitted by the registrant, not independently surveyed.

"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.