PLT OF C172RG HAS CLOSE PROX TO TWR LOCATED OFF THE END OF RWY 17 AT ETN ARPT. TWR IS NOT LIGHTED; NOT MENTIONED IN THE ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY AND NOT SHOWN ON CHARTS.

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DURING CLBOUT FROM EASTLAND ARPT RWY 17; I CAME CLOSE TO FLYING INTO A RADIO ANTENNA-TWR; LOCATED LESS THAN 1/2 STATUTE MI S OF THE DEP END OF RWY 17. DUE TO THE NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE DURING CLBOUT THE TWR WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE; EVEN THOUGH I KNEW IT WAS THERE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WAS HIGH DENSITY ALT AND A LIGHT WIND FROM SW. I FEEL THAT SAFETY WOULD BE ENHANCED FOR BOTH DEPARTING AND ARRIVING ACFT IF THE TWR WAS RELOCATED. ITS PRESENCE IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT THE TWR IS LOCATED JUST SLIGHTLY E OF THE ALIGNMENT OF RWY 17 ON DEP AT ABOUT 1/4 MI OUT. IT IS ABOUT 500 FT HIGH. THIS SEEMS LOW; BUT ON DEP AS HE EXPERIENCED THE NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE TWR TO BE IN SIGHT. ON AN APCH TO RWY 35 ONE IS AT ABOUT THAT ALT WHEN MAKING A TURN TO FINAL. HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TWR RELOCATED; BUT AT LEAST NOTED ON THE CHARTS AND IN THE ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY. A STROBE LIGHT WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION TO IDENT THE TWR AS WELL. RPTR WAS ADVISED OF THE HOTLINE NUMBER.