Local safety concern: Should I report this, and if so, how and to whom?

Factual Questions
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I live approximately 6 miles north of “antenna row.” Antenna row is the strip of our local television and radio transmission towers. It probably spans about 2 to 3 miles E-W.

I have a perfect view of antenna row, from my bathroom window. To illustrate: I will use the letter T. The horizontal line of the T represents antenna row. The vertical line of the T, represents the line of sight from my bathroom window. I’m at the tail-end of the T. I’m virtually in the exact center of the view.

One of these towers acts really “wonky.”

During the daytime, the aerial warning lights are supposed to strobe white-colored lights. During the night, it is supposed to strobe red-colored lights.

Well, AFAIK, it doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do 95% of the time. The red lights rarely operate at night, even though they allegedly should. They remain white, even when they should shine red. There have been numerous times, when NONE of the lights, worked at night! :eek: Once in a while, they will be red at night, and I have to do a double-take, because that has become so rare.

This has been going on for well over a year or two. Sometimes it seems like someone fixes it, but it never lasts more than a week or two.

I have lived in the same house my entire life. I know the flight paths towards the airport in my area, and antenna row intersects it. I’m concerned that someday, a small private plane or a helicopter, flying at night, may fall victim to this wacky tower. FYI, every single one of the other towers in antenna row, strobe red lights at night.

What the heck should I do, if anything? I have attempted to identify the tower in question, via GPS data from the FCC’s website, but haven’t had any success. It’s physically impossible to “go-to” the tower because it’s in a vast, sealed-off rural area. :smack:

I don’t know if this is something I should report, or not. I have no way of knowing if the tower’s owners are aware of this. IMHO, it doesn’t seem like a police matter.

The only thing I can think of is writing to my local newspaper. The paper has a section titled, “Voice of the People” where citizens can write about virtually anything that they are concerned about, have it published, and others may respond to your comments via the same method. The only problem in using this approach, is precisely identifying that darn tower. There are a dozen, or more, towers in antenna row. Figuratively speaking: “Fifth one from the left” isn’t quite going to cut it.

Any advice?

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The lights are, I believe, for airplanes, so it’s potentially dangerous. If you’re concerned enough to post here you may as well report it. It probably represents someone blowing away tax dollars anyway.

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If it’s one tower out of a bunch, it’s probably not a safety issue for pilots. They’ll just ignore the oddball. I’d report it to the airport, or the FAA. I’m surprised the pilots haven’t.

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But fifth tower from the East might do the trick. Also, if you were to report it locally, it would probably be pretty easy to spot. Otherwise you could report it to the FCC or FAA, just tell the the vicinity any from the way you describe it, it should be easy to figure out which one you’re talking about.