AM or FM antenna? a guide totally not made for BASE jumping

How to determine if an antenna is an AM Antenna or FM Antenna using FCC databases.
Antennas which encode information via Amplitude Modulation (AM) are highly charged throughout their entirety, making them incredibly dangerous and very much unlike their safer counterpart; Frequency Modulated (FM) antennas. For this reason, I've created a guide I myself use, in distinguishing whether any particular antenna (in the United States) is an AM antenna, or an FM antenna.
STEPS IN WRITING
Find antenna in question here:
baseline.ws/an...
Select Details. On the next page find the Latitude and Longitude coordinates under Antenna Structure - Location - Lat/Long
For FM and LPFM radio stations, the FCC uses an older coordinate system called NAD27 whereas most coordinates including Google Maps coordinates, use the newer NAD83 system.
Convert NAD83 to Nad27 here:www.ngs.noaa.g...
Copy the Lat/Long [example: 32-17-31.0 N 110-53-40.0 W] into the Center Coordinates section of the FCC AM Search Query page with a Radius of 1 km here:
www.fcc.gov/me...
The FCC search query page is slow as F boi.
Select any call signs that show up in search (call signs are what you hear radio show hosts say all the time: KNST, KFMA, etc.) Ignore duplicates.
Copy the coordinates under CDBS NAD27 coordinates, paste into Google Maps.
If the coordinates match and you see the antenna you originally found here: baseline.ws/an... then you got yourself an AM antenna looking to roast you.
If you DON’T see any results for the coordinates you entered, the next page will show ** 0 AM Records within 1.00 km distance of 32° 17' 23.30" N, 111° 1' 8.30 " W ** (the coordinates you searched).
You can further confirm the antenna is an FM antenna by performing an FM Search Query with the same coordinates and radius here: www.fcc.gov/me...
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[@willcrockett7732]

Great job on the audio quality. Thank you!

[@toddisawsomeable]

There is this 2000 foot tower in Texas called the Liberman Broadcasting tower that I used to see as a kid while visiting family. It looks…. Fun… I’ll have to use this tool to see what kind of tower it is

[@DevMcLaughlin]

Those big ones are usually FM/television broadcast towers. But it’s definitely good to check. The antenna at the very top is usually the main point of RF exposure you probably don’t want to remain near. But the most dangerous part on those antennas is the climb up itself, followed by the jump (assuming you’ve planned everything accordingly). I’ve actually been working on a video for some time which discusses these large antennas specifically, so I’m hoping that’ll be helpful.

[@toddisawsomeable]

@@DevMcLaughlin I didn’t realize that RF can affect people. I assumed the wavelength was too big and low energy to mess with our biology. I’ll have to look into that 1. Edit: a quick google search shows flesh over heating and increased nerve stimulation. That doesn’t sound good. I guess the good thing is 2000 feet gives room to theoretically exit lower and away from the source. Also that 120° window of jump space compared to a cliffs 180° seems like something to take into consideration

[@DevMcLaughlin]

You’re definitely picking up on some very important things to consider with these larger guyed masts. I’ll actually discuss these key points in this next video in quite a bit of detail.
These towers emit non-ionizing radiation (microwaves), meaning in brief, they do not cause genetic mutations that would otherwise lead to cancers. That does not mean they aren’t harmful. Like the microwave in your kitchen; this frequency of electromagnetic radiation will cause water molecules to vibrate and generate heat. This means given enough exposure, microwaves will literally cook you from the inside out.

[@loganwc99]

RF is funky. I work in the military and some of our radios you can’t touch the antenna when your transmitting. It’ll burn the crap out of you. Some of our communication equipment will make you sick and give you headaches if you are too close for too long. Really interesting stuff.

[@daddyfatsack68]

i live near this tower and soon to get into skydiving and then base jumping but thats still years to come. When i was a kid i always said i was gonna base jump off of it, ever since i would say 7 years old when i saw wingsuiting for the first time on youtube lol. But like devon and u were saying, i gotta learn more on the RF cuz i dont wanna get to the top of a tower and get fried. but from what i see RF seems to radiate from alot of cell towers.

[@hvacfred1318]

I ran the search on a tower next to my house and it will not show up on either fm or am query. Would you know why ?? If not screw it I’ll look for another one

[@DevMcLaughlin]

I wouldn’t know without knowing the coordinates. It’s not impossible that it’s neither.