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Antenna structures taller than what height above ground trigger FAA notification and FCC registration rules?

200 feet above ground level, or any height near a public use airport.

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  1. 100 feet (30.5 meters)
  2. 200 feet (60.96 meters) ✔
  3. 500 feet (152 meters)

Why: Rule 97.15(a) points owners of certain antenna structures to Part 17 when the structure is more than 60.96 meters (200 feet) above ground, or is near or at a public use airport.

Huh, didn't know that: The famous PRB-1 ruling on local antenna rules is cited right in Part 97 as 101 FCC 2d 952 (1985).

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References

Answer: 200 feet (60.96 meters). Rule 97.15(a) points owners of certain antenna structures to Part 17 when the structure is more than 60.96 meters (200 feet) above ground, or is near or at a public use airport.

  1. 47 CFR 97.15 Station antenna structures (Cornell LII mirror of eCFR) www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/97.15
    more than 60.96 meters (200 feet) above ground level
    Checked 2026-10-11.
  2. 47 CFR 97.15 Station antenna structures (Cornell LII mirror of eCFR) www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/97.15
    must reasonably accommodate such communications
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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