why cellphone towers are painted in red and white?
saravana 23-March-2008 10:57:36 PM

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It is for Aircraft warning features.
Height requirements vary across states and
countries, and may include additional rules such
as requiring a white flashing strobe in the
daytime and pulsating red fixtures at night.
Structures over a certain height may also be
required to be painted with contrasting color
schemes such as white and orange or white and
red to make them more visible against the sky.
Posted by satheesmicro


its no necessary to paint tower in red and white
alot of tower in silver also
all telenor tower in pakistan..in silver color...and zong also
Posted by saqlain231


A cell phone tower on a farm near Number 3 Road in Richmond, BC, CANADA. Painted red and white and... Anyone can see this photo Attribution ...more details plz visit
www.flickr.com/photos/smith/sets/72157600084996399/detail/ - 27k -
Posted by waqasahmad


To distinguish between cell phone operators.
Posted by sagitraz


for operator identification
Posted by Hash007


these links best describe

http://illinois.sierraclub.org/Shawnee/news/2001/ST0601.pdf
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/02/0128248&from=rss
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone10.htm


Posted by mrleo99098


No dear it is not mandatory that the towers are in red and white some vendors uses no color the make tower simple as nokia siemens also uses simple no color but alcatel and some other vendors as well as some operator have required to make it red and white
Posted by HamidAliKhan


It is basically a vendor dependent.
And also used for distinguishing one operator from other.

But in our side nokia seimens is using gray colors.
Posted by waqqas1


Here are some Answers

1. Although research is still underway, findings indicate that bird-tower collisions are related to lighting. Birds' eyes are particularly sensitive to the red and infrared spectra of light. Apparently birds are attracted to the red, blinking lights required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on towers taller than 199'. White flashing lights seem to be less attractive to birds. Red light has been shown to disrupt the avian magnetic compass. However, it is apparently the duration of blinking that has the greatest attraction to birds on foggy, misty nights. The longer the light stays off, the less likely is the attraction.

2. Some URL for Reading

http://illinois.sierraclub.org/Shawnee/news/2001/ST0601.pdf
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/02/0128248&from=rss
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone10.htm
Posted by karthi



Posted: 25-March-2008 09:53:32 PM By: karthi

Here are some Answers

1. Although research is still underway, findings indicate that bird-tower collisions are related to lighting. Birds' eyes are particularly sensitive to the red and infrared spectra of light. Apparently birds are attracted to the red, blinking lights required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on towers taller than 199'. White flashing lights seem to be less attractive to birds. Red light has been shown to disrupt the avian magnetic compass. However, it is apparently the duration of blinking that has the greatest attraction to birds on foggy, misty nights. The longer the light stays off, the less likely is the attraction.

2. Some URL for Reading

http://illinois.sierraclub.org/Shawnee/news/2001/ST0601.pdf
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/02/0128248&from=rss
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone10.htm

Posted: 15-November-2008 10:02:37 AM By: waqqas1

It is basically a vendor dependent.
And also used for distinguishing one operator from other.

But in our side nokia seimens is using gray colors.

Posted: 17-November-2008 07:40:38 AM By: HamidAliKhan

No dear it is not mandatory that the towers are in red and white some vendors uses no color the make tower simple as nokia siemens also uses simple no color but alcatel and some other vendors as well as some operator have required to make it red and white

Posted: 18-November-2008 02:22:59 AM By: mrleo99098

these links best describe

http://illinois.sierraclub.org/Shawnee/news/2001/ST0601.pdf
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/02/0128248&from=rss
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone10.htm


Posted: 30-December-2008 11:53:58 AM By: Hash007

for operator identification

Posted: 31-December-2008 03:58:46 AM By: sagitraz

To distinguish between cell phone operators.

Posted: 01-January-2009 12:21:17 AM By: waqasahmad

A cell phone tower on a farm near Number 3 Road in Richmond, BC, CANADA. Painted red and white and... Anyone can see this photo Attribution ...more details plz visit
www.flickr.com/photos/smith/sets/72157600084996399/detail/ - 27k -

Posted: 07-June-2009 10:56:18 AM By: saqlain231

its no necessary to paint tower in red and white
alot of tower in silver also
all telenor tower in pakistan..in silver color...and zong also

Posted: 07-June-2010 09:46:45 PM By: satheesmicro

It is for Aircraft warning features.
Height requirements vary across states and
countries, and may include additional rules such
as requiring a white flashing strobe in the
daytime and pulsating red fixtures at night.
Structures over a certain height may also be
required to be painted with contrasting color
schemes such as white and orange or white and
red to make them more visible against the sky.