Ask HN: Amateur Radio, Cellular and Commerical Radio Towers Mapping?

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Hi, I'm Brennan. I'm a ham radio operator, general class.

I'm finding that it is incredibly difficult to actually pull a list of all Radio/Cell/General-purpose radio towers within the radius of a zip-code. The information I am finding typically lists a registered owner with a far out-of-state address.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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Cellphone tower locations should be available in public databases, depending on the country (as this is what is the base for non-gps geolocation).

Thanks! I changed my search tactics and finally found the FCC Antenna System Registration system, located at http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistrationSea...

The mapping leaves much to be desired but should be sufficient to put together my own map using the data.

Unfortunately the tower I was hoping to find information on does not appear to be registered in this particular database.

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