Putting up a new steel building near Radio Towers? make sure you have coordinated with tower owners to not interfere or you could be in for a very big bill and possibly have to tear it down.

As a Contract Broadcast Engineer I have a AM Radio Station I maintain north of Pittsburgh
and one of the big issues with it is coordinating with persons putting up Steel buildings and towers near it now that the community is expanding.

A Volunteer fire company put up a new steel building and is interfering with my signal they will now have to pay to correct the situation besides the noise the LED lighting in their parking lot they are creating. 

https://www.lbagroup.com/blog/is-this-cell-tower-detuned/

http://ncjweb.com/features/novdec05feat.pdf

If you put up any type of metal building or tower within 1 mile of an AM Radio Station transmission site  you must under FCC rules coordinate with the station you could possibly interfere with  to make sure you do not reflect or deflect its signal path. If you do there are 2 remedy's

1- put in a network of De-tuning wires to  neutralise your building or tower  or

2- tear down and move your tower or building 

If you fail to do this the FCC can and will force you to comply plus there is a big fine $25,000.00 which goes with it.

Same goes for the lights they can put in a filter or turn off and replace all the lights.


A tower company in Texas was forced to tear down and move a tower after it interfered with an AM station several years ago.

Every architect and builder should be aware of and know rules of building around towers but there are always those who will plead ignorance of the rules and can end up costing them and their clients big bucks. and when it comes to the FCC you will lose every time you ignore rules and regulations.

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