The goverment shutdown is now going into Day 3 with very little progress from our elected officials in Washington.  All government web services that are not directly related to the protection of life an property have been removed from the internet.  This has put a serious hamper on those who are planning to file during what has been the October 15 through October 29, 2013 window. 

REC has launched a new tower finder tool that accesses FCC Antenna Structure Registration data as well as the data of various tower leasing companies to inquire for antennas by Antenna Structure Registration Number, vendor tower/asset ID and all towers within a radius of a particular geographic coordinate.

The tool can be accessed at:
http://recnet.net/towerfind.php

In reaction to FCC system availability issues, REC has developed a standalone version of our TOWAIR-like tool. This tool is used to determine if a proposed tower requires FAA notification based on it's location in respect to airports.

The tool can be accessed at:
http://recnet.net/towair.php

Please read the disclaimers about the conditions of use of the data.

By request, here were the last of the ZIP files that REC received from the FCC:

CDBS All Files - as of close of business 09/27/2013:
http://recnet.net/all-cdbs-files.zip

Antenna Structure Registration File:
http://recnet.net/r_tower.zip

ULS Ship station database (We use this to determine reserved maritime callsigns)
http://recnet.net/l_ship.zip

Due to the shutdown of the Federal Government, the FCC has taken some systems that are used by REC offline under the directive that only services related to immediate life and property remain available.

For myLPFM, this means that we are no longer able to provide HAAT (height above average terrain) data.  For now, myLPFM will be giving strange results on the coverage area map and if antenna site details are entered, there will be errors.  

For Premium Channel Search customers who are still awaiting reports, we will be contacting you once we get the details of what we can and can't do without the FCC resources available to us.  Each of you will be contacted via e-mail individually.