I saw a thread on here about interesting electrical pylon towers designs and couldn't help but think of how bizarre some radio towers actually are constructed. Such as the tower of of the Garden State Parkway in Tinton Falls. I've honestly never seen any that looks quite like this one. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2798481,-74.0826968,3a,34.5y,131.98h,102.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLPUaltgx6AYE9ZzRNoWiaQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
On the opposite end of the spectrum is this simple, freestanding pole (https://goo.gl/maps/mrX8o6fXvdpcsUuL6) for KKMO, Tacoma. It's a fairly recent installation, so they didn't use a latticework tower, just a pole. The fence around the pole is very close to it, and they put up signs telling park users not to touch the pole. I brought my radio along when I went to visit and wondered if you could hear any other station while sitting next to the transmitter. The station fills the entire AM and FM band except where other stations broadcast. Strange to hear an AM station on FM like that.
Interesting monopole design. Another tower I always thought of as highly bizarre was this one FM tower that covers some of Eastern Long Island. Located out in Manorville, its got a perfect triangular platform at the top. Though this is not what they call a candelabra, which is much more common. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8548468,-72.7725498,3a,24.4y,82.72h,113.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5Xjc6JTNcLnHt8vavhu0ow!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Religious kooks and their shortwave antenna (https://maps.app.goo.gl/yLtEpFLR5eite1yF7) off I-78
Oh yeah driven past that array many times going to Hershey. On 80 in PA just before the OH border, there is a GIGANTIC HAM radio farm.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1806576,-80.4960043,3a,49.9y,172.08h,93.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1shmBLRQ2d1Oz2GR7XIEXuDA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DhmBLRQ2d1Oz2GR7XIEXuDA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D207.98232%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Saw this weird array (https://goo.gl/maps/VXdg26cZ5ChRtTEV9) behind Cambell Hill Elementary School, which is near my former school. At that age you can get really paranoid about what those towers are doing, but it turns out those are just for the FAA to communicate with commercial aircraft. (Or so the government says...)
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on March 09, 2020, 10:48:28 PM
Saw this weird array (https://goo.gl/maps/VXdg26cZ5ChRtTEV9) behind Cambell Hill Elementary School, which is near my former school. At that age you can get really paranoid about what those towers are doing, but it turns out those are just for the FAA to communicate with commercial aircraft. (Or so the government says...)
The towers by the edge of the trees, I've seen those at/near other airports before. But clueless on the other stuff. Maybe somebody wants **really** good TV reception? ;-) :hmmm:
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on March 09, 2020, 10:48:28 PM
Saw this weird array (https://goo.gl/maps/VXdg26cZ5ChRtTEV9) behind Cambell Hill Elementary School, which is near my former school. At that age you can get really paranoid about what those towers are doing, but it turns out those are just for the FAA to communicate with commercial aircraft. (Or so the government says...)
That antenna has to be from the analog TV days when VHF and UHF were a factor back then in picking up local TV signals.
Sutro Tower San Francisco is bizarre looking but Iconic in the Bay Area.
For reference, Here's (https://goo.gl/maps/ZrgYHgbFjRonpFmc9) the Xfinity head-end for Seattle. It's practically under the flight path for Sea-Tac, but it seems to work.
Edit: Here's (https://goo.gl/maps/ihKuXwMTDxYHrFpn7) both the current head-end (foreground) and previous head-end (background). When cable companies needed to distribute satellite stations, they needed more room, so they moved to the current facility. The older facility was bought by the county and has just become a site for a corona virus quarantine trailer park.
Quote from: Mr. Matté on March 07, 2020, 12:44:33 AM
Religious kooks and their shortwave antenna (https://maps.app.goo.gl/yLtEpFLR5eite1yF7) off I-78
The last few times I drove by this, I could swear the lights were off at night. I usually look for that thing, it should be at MM 13.4 IIRC. It is one of the few landmarks on that stretch of 78.
I've always been fascinated by cell towers. When I was a young kid, I would give names to specific cell towers in my area. One of those was this bizarre looking cell tower (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7460666,-85.0134095,3a,15y,59.17h,96.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxy-NS9FMklmSV4mVJBuxdw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) going up the mountain that I called "Mr. Prickly" due to its strange look of having a bunch of thin "pricks" hanging off of it.
A less bizarre looking cell tower but one that had a very bizarre name (that I called it), was this one (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7556016,-85.0075691,3a,17.3y,78.38h,97.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGHJYEV6O5u0pPUJJqlR8PA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) (also on the side of the same mountain) that I called Mr. Jessesess. Not sure how I came up with that name, LOL.
Getting out of my neck of the woods, here is a large, very weird looking tower off of Interstate 75 in Forsyth, Georgia: https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0507111,-83.947454,3a,32.7y,337.53h,99.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdbEZnW7UTuwzWLeAPu2vtg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
I could've sworn I've seen duplicate-looking towers elsewhere like this, but can't remember the exact locations.
Also, recently I was doing street-view on US 1 through part of the Florida Keys, and I noticed this: https://www.google.com/maps/@24.620884,-81.6064466,3a,75y,68.12h,93.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAJBJ7EmSF4j7_OHZRs-f9w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Being in a peculiar location, and not being awfully tall, I had to do a double take to figure out if this was actually a cell tower, but I think it is. It also looks kinda weird, due to its relatively short height, and (similar to other examples mentioned upthread), it is basically just a monopole structure with not much else on it (like antennas), except this one does have a couple of extra things on it (I have actually never known what those devices were, so I don't know what to call them).
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaw-Knox_tower
I think radio geeks consider them the
ne plus ultra of AM towers.
Quote from: sbeaver44 on March 12, 2020, 10:15:03 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on March 07, 2020, 12:44:33 AM
Religious kooks and their shortwave antenna (https://maps.app.goo.gl/yLtEpFLR5eite1yF7) off I-78
The last few times I drove by this, I could swear the lights were off at night. I usually look for that thing, it should be at MM 13.4 IIRC. It is one of the few landmarks on that stretch of 78.
It seems that putting it next to an interstate was a deliberate decision (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMLK#Shofar):
Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMLK#ShofarThe Assemblies of Yahweh believe that this is a fulfilment of the prophecy found in Jeremiah 31:21 where it talks about making "˜guide-posts' toward the highway.
Quote from: GenExpwy on March 14, 2020, 03:36:30 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaw-Knox_tower
I think radio geeks consider them the ne plus ultra of AM towers.
Quote from: sbeaver44 on March 12, 2020, 10:15:03 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on March 07, 2020, 12:44:33 AM
Religious kooks and their shortwave antenna (https://maps.app.goo.gl/yLtEpFLR5eite1yF7) off I-78
The last few times I drove by this, I could swear the lights were off at night. I usually look for that thing, it should be at MM 13.4 IIRC. It is one of the few landmarks on that stretch of 78.
It seems that putting it next to an interstate was a deliberate decision (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMLK#Shofar):
Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMLK#ShofarThe Assemblies of Yahweh believe that this is a fulfilment of the prophecy found in Jeremiah 31:21 where it talks about making "˜guide-posts' toward the highway.
When I saw it for the first time I thought it looks like it's going to collapse in a wind storm. Certainly an unique tower which there are only a handful of them. WSM in Nashville is the same way. Then you have the transmitter building which I have always liked WJR's with the art deco design in Riverview, Michigan.
Quote from: Mr. Matté on March 07, 2020, 12:44:33 AM
Religious kooks and their shortwave antenna (https://maps.app.goo.gl/yLtEpFLR5eite1yF7) off I-78
My favorite landmark on I-78. I keep asking my wife if I can put up a couple of those arrays for my ham radio use. Sadly, she keeps vetoing it.
I thought WMLK had an assortment of programming, not just religious.
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on March 13, 2020, 06:56:33 PM
I've always been fascinated by cell towers.
I remember in the 1980s when I first heard about cell phones and how they would have to put up a system of antennas for it, I wondered what they looked like and if I could spot one. I felt proud of myself when I identified my first cell tower. Now you can't not see them.
In Silverdale, I saw this pair of towers. (https://goo.gl/maps/RtHpiP2jdpEdyzW99) One is trying to look like a tree, and the other is a fat flag pole. Nice try, but you're not fooling anyone.
Quote from: GenExpwy on March 14, 2020, 03:36:30 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaw-Knox_tower
I think radio geeks consider them the ne plus ultra of AM towers.
In Seattle, the three network affiliate towers are quite visible freestanding towers on Queen Anne Hill. So when one station did EBS tests with a card showing a guy wire supported diamond tower, I had to say, "Hey, that's not what your tower looks like."
I don't have a picture of it but along M-47 just north of Imerman Park in Saginaw Township there is a tower that looks like a tree at the top.
One of the more famous stealth cell towers around here: a tower that looks like a small church building on a pole. (https://goo.gl/maps/YEYMR1UE3rf1ft3q6)
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on March 13, 2020, 06:56:33 PM
Getting out of my neck of the woods, here is a large, very weird looking tower off of Interstate 75 in Forsyth, Georgia: https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0507111,-83.947454,3a,32.7y,337.53h,99.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdbEZnW7UTuwzWLeAPu2vtg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
I could've sworn I've seen duplicate-looking towers elsewhere like this, but can't remember the exact locations.
That's an old Microwave Relay tower, the predecessors to our current and more common cell towers. There's still plenty of these across the United States. There's one in Melville, NY, probably around the same height. I used to call it the bucket tower because from far away, the area underneath the platform looked like a bucket.
Here's the far view. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7806198,-73.4189382,3a,15y,253.34h,91.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRPkDBmsXC8Wu0f0FqUw4Sw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Here it is upclose. https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/c7cf5784-f3d7-4619-8a82-d0c9612d1dc8.jpg
Quote from: InterstateGuy on March 26, 2020, 12:08:22 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on March 13, 2020, 06:56:33 PM
Getting out of my neck of the woods, here is a large, very weird looking tower off of Interstate 75 in Forsyth, Georgia: https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0507111,-83.947454,3a,32.7y,337.53h,99.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdbEZnW7UTuwzWLeAPu2vtg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
I could've sworn I've seen duplicate-looking towers elsewhere like this, but can't remember the exact locations.
That's an old Microwave Relay tower, the predecessors to our current and more common cell towers. There's still plenty of these across the United States. There's one in Melville, NY, probably around the same height. I used to call it the bucket tower because from far away, the area underneath the platform looked like a bucket.
Here's the far view. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7806198,-73.4189382,3a,15y,253.34h,91.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRPkDBmsXC8Wu0f0FqUw4Sw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Here it is upclose. https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/c7cf5784-f3d7-4619-8a82-d0c9612d1dc8.jpg
They all pretty much used to have seashell-shaped antennae on them. The one in Hamilton, NJ still has its. (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.208324,-74.6847164,3a,49.4y,308.41h,106.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJy29_kEMNb9FjCw7ouDEwQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Just see if you can find the tower in this picture. I dare you!
https://goo.gl/maps/gcWdZ8rTYcj7Zbhj9 (https://goo.gl/maps/gcWdZ8rTYcj7Zbhj9)
Quote from: MikieTimT on March 26, 2020, 05:57:46 PM
Just see if you can find the tower in this picture. I dare you!
https://goo.gl/maps/gcWdZ8rTYcj7Zbhj9 (https://goo.gl/maps/gcWdZ8rTYcj7Zbhj9)
Ain't no lumberjack gonna cut that thing down by mistake.
In Youngstown OH, I-680 passes under the guy wires (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0814582,-80.6388982,3a,75y,247.64h,110.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sK8NmAE2dzLyggWUIQc2i8w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DK8NmAE2dzLyggWUIQc2i8w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D223.4814%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) of the WFMJ-TV tower.
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on March 13, 2020, 06:56:33 PM
I've always been fascinated by cell towers. When I was a young kid, I would give names to specific cell towers in my area. One of those was this bizarre looking cell tower (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7460666,-85.0134095,3a,15y,59.17h,96.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxy-NS9FMklmSV4mVJBuxdw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) going up the mountain that I called "Mr. Prickly" due to its strange look of having a bunch of thin "pricks" hanging off of it.
A less bizarre looking cell tower but one that had a very bizarre name (that I called it), was this one (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7556016,-85.0075691,3a,17.3y,78.38h,97.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGHJYEV6O5u0pPUJJqlR8PA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) (also on the side of the same mountain) that I called Mr. Jessesess. Not sure how I came up with that name, LOL.
Getting out of my neck of the woods, here is a large, very weird looking tower off of Interstate 75 in Forsyth, Georgia: https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0507111,-83.947454,3a,32.7y,337.53h,99.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdbEZnW7UTuwzWLeAPu2vtg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
I could've sworn I've seen duplicate-looking towers elsewhere like this, but can't remember the exact locations.
Also, recently I was doing street-view on US 1 through part of the Florida Keys, and I noticed this: https://www.google.com/maps/@24.620884,-81.6064466,3a,75y,68.12h,93.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAJBJ7EmSF4j7_OHZRs-f9w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Being in a peculiar location, and not being awfully tall, I had to do a double take to figure out if this was actually a cell tower, but I think it is. It also looks kinda weird, due to its relatively short height, and (similar to other examples mentioned upthread), it is basically just a monopole structure with not much else on it (like antennas), except this one does have a couple of extra things on it (I have actually never known what those devices were, so I don't know what to call them).
The one in GA along I-75 was definitely a LongLines tower, now retrofitted for modern cell antennae. You can see at the top where the four microwave horns once sat, the four squares. Not uncommon to see those repurposed.
This one near where I live has had the same thing done. https://long-lines.net/places-routes/John_Tom_Hill/johntomhill.jpg (https://long-lines.net/places-routes/John_Tom_Hill/johntomhill.jpg)
Oddly enough there's also a large OPI (outside plant interface) just past the driveway. Wonder if it handled trunk lines from the tower to the Glastonbury exchange.
The one in Key West could either be a reporting beacon for the transmission lines or a signal amplifier for a fibre line.
KSBN in Spokane, Washington has an AM transmitter on the roof of a building. AM transmitters need a ground connection, so this station radiates wires out from the base of the tower and the roofs of [edit: the buildings around it]. I've read that this puts residents of the building and passers by inside a giant capacitor to get the connection to provide ground transmission of the station. It's only 1000 watts. Google Street View (https://goo.gl/maps/FmpJWeJzqqZNJuDm8)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/KSBN_Transmitter_Tower.jpg/220px-KSBN_Transmitter_Tower.jpg)
(Wikimedia credit to me.)
Warehouse rooftop AM radio array for KTNQ and KXTA Los Angeles. The guywires come town to smaller supports near the ground. Google Street View. (https://goo.gl/maps/1ENjhQSLvub1Ni3H6)
Los Angeles Times: Workers Under Towers Are Well-Wired but Clueless (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-feb-20-me-surroundings20-story.html)
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
You shouldve seen it in the 80s, when it was it's own transmitter farm when it was still set up as its' original multi-tower set-up. At night there were red lights everywhere!
Quote from: thenetwork on March 28, 2020, 08:07:11 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
You shouldve seen it in the 80s, when it was it's own transmitter farm when it was still set up as its' original multi-tower set-up. At night there were red lights everywhere!
Don't forget about the nearby Voice of America transmitter facility, which looked like a suspension bridge on acid.
Quote from: renegade on March 28, 2020, 11:35:57 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on March 28, 2020, 08:07:11 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
You shouldve seen it in the 80s, when it was it's own transmitter farm when it was still set up as its' original multi-tower set-up. At night there were red lights everywhere!
Don't forget about the nearby Voice of America transmitter facility, which looked like a suspension bridge on acid.
Maybe that's what I'm thinking of. Right off of I-71. I guess I thought WLW was the VOA site because their station started off with 500,000 Watts.
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
Need a picture..
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3519979,-84.3261673,3a,75y,38.74h,119.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3Rn__CR_65GLZ4IU6av5Hw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
My daughter dances in Mason, I'm by this tower several times a week, normally.
Quote from: GreenLanternCorps on March 30, 2020, 03:01:00 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
Need a picture..
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3519979,-84.3261673,3a,75y,38.74h,119.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3Rn__CR_65GLZ4IU6av5Hw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
My daughter dances in Mason, I'm by this tower several times a week, normally.
She still does, even during the COVID crisis?
ixnay
https://www.eham.net/article/14253 (https://www.eham.net/article/14253)
Dixon, CA used to have unusual radio towers but that was leftover from when shortwave operations existed in the area.
http://www.radiomarine.org/gallery/show?keyword=kmi&panel=pab1_9 (http://www.radiomarine.org/gallery/show?keyword=kmi&panel=pab1_9)
Quote from: GenExpwy on March 27, 2020, 04:00:43 AM
In Youngstown OH, I-680 passes under the guy wires (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0814582,-80.6388982,3a,75y,247.64h,110.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sK8NmAE2dzLyggWUIQc2i8w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DK8NmAE2dzLyggWUIQc2i8w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D223.4814%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) of the WFMJ-TV tower.
Wow, I've never actually seen a road travel under this type of cable, especially so close to the roadway. Looks like if you're traveling in that far right lane merging onto this highway, that cable seems to be at a rather low clearance and hope to god a big box truck doesn't take out the whole tower (hopefully the image isn't true to scale)
Quote from: J Route Z on April 25, 2020, 03:21:04 AM
Quote from: GenExpwy on March 27, 2020, 04:00:43 AM
In Youngstown OH, I-680 passes under the guy wires (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0814582,-80.6388982,3a,75y,247.64h,110.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sK8NmAE2dzLyggWUIQc2i8w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DK8NmAE2dzLyggWUIQc2i8w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D223.4814%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) of the WFMJ-TV tower.
Wow, I've never actually seen a road travel under this type of cable, especially so close to the roadway. Looks like if you're traveling in that far right lane merging onto this highway, that cable seems to be at a rather low clearance and hope to god a big box truck doesn't take out the whole tower (hopefully the image isn't true to scale)
It's an interstate highway. Regular tractor trailers pass under these cables every minute.
The cable looks to be about twice the height of the overhead sign in the other lane. No problem.
Quote from: thenetwork on March 29, 2020, 12:34:49 PM
Quote from: renegade on March 28, 2020, 11:35:57 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on March 28, 2020, 08:07:11 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
You shouldve seen it in the 80s, when it was it's own transmitter farm when it was still set up as its' original multi-tower set-up. At night there were red lights everywhere!
Don't forget about the nearby Voice of America transmitter facility, which looked like a suspension bridge on acid.
Maybe that's what I'm thinking of. Right off of I-71. I guess I thought WLW was the VOA site because their station started off with 500,000 Watts.
WLW's blowtorch transmitter is on Tylersville Road, a little west of US-42.
Quote from: Flint1979 on April 25, 2020, 01:03:16 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on March 29, 2020, 12:34:49 PM
Quote from: renegade on March 28, 2020, 11:35:57 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on March 28, 2020, 08:07:11 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
You shouldve seen it in the 80s, when it was it's own transmitter farm when it was still set up as its' original multi-tower set-up. At night there were red lights everywhere!
Don't forget about the nearby Voice of America transmitter facility, which looked like a suspension bridge on acid.
Maybe that's what I'm thinking of. Right off of I-71. I guess I thought WLW was the VOA site because their station started off with 500,000 Watts.
WLW's blowtorch transmitter is on Tylersville Road, a little west of US-42.
I've driven right past WLW on my trips to Kings Island from I-75 (Tylersville Road meets I-71 just south of Kings Island's parking lot)
Quote from: ftballfan on April 25, 2020, 04:32:10 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on April 25, 2020, 01:03:16 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on March 29, 2020, 12:34:49 PM
Quote from: renegade on March 28, 2020, 11:35:57 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on March 28, 2020, 08:07:11 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on March 13, 2020, 07:32:18 PM
I always thought that WLW's tower in Mason, Ohio looked bizzare.
You shouldve seen it in the 80s, when it was it's own transmitter farm when it was still set up as its' original multi-tower set-up. At night there were red lights everywhere!
Don't forget about the nearby Voice of America transmitter facility, which looked like a suspension bridge on acid.
Maybe that's what I'm thinking of. Right off of I-71. I guess I thought WLW was the VOA site because their station started off with 500,000 Watts.
WLW's blowtorch transmitter is on Tylersville Road, a little west of US-42.
I've driven right past WLW on my trips to Kings Island from I-75 (Tylersville Road meets I-71 just south of Kings Island's parking lot)
I've driven past it quite a few times now but when I first saw it I was wondering who's weird looking tower is that? Then I looked it up and WLW came up. I thought it was cool looking. I've got off that I-75 exit quite a bit, without looking I believe it's exit 22. I always liked Kings Island more than Cedar Point.
Quote from: bing101 on March 11, 2020, 03:16:02 PM
Sutro Tower San Francisco is bizarre looking but Iconic in the Bay Area.
This tower gave me a good game in Google Maps recently. I was looking around on Streetview in the Marin Headlands north of the Golden Gate and when I looked across at San Francisco I was wondering what that odd looking tower was. Gave me a good time neglecting work and other responsibilities for a little while scrolling around on aerial and at street level trying to find it (Google Maps/Streetview is probably my biggest killer of productivity). As a side note, my wife and I had our honeymoon in San Francisco 16 years ago and while we were there (our first / only time in CA) we did some driving around and one of things I wanted to find (pre-mobile internet days) was the cross in the park from Dirty Harry. Never did find it at the time, but I know where it is now. And yes, we did actually do fun touristy things instead of just me driving around checking out roads and other odds and ends I've seen in movies...
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Quote from: GenExpwy on March 27, 2020, 04:00:43 AM
In Youngstown OH, I-680 passes under the guy wires (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0814582,-80.6388982,3a,75y,247.64h,110.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sK8NmAE2dzLyggWUIQc2i8w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DK8NmAE2dzLyggWUIQc2i8w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D223.4814%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) of the WFMJ-TV tower.
Wow, I've never actually seen a road travel under this type of cable, especially so close to the roadway. Looks like if you're traveling in that far right lane merging onto this highway, that cable seems to be at a rather low clearance and hope to god a big box truck doesn't take out the whole tower (hopefully the image isn't true to scale)
It's an interstate highway. Regular tractor trailers pass under these cables every minute.
Quote from: GaryV on April 25, 2020, 09:38:50 AM
The cable looks to be about twice the height of the overhead sign in the other lane. No problem.
Being a nerd, I went and checked the height using Google Earth's 3D view to get the approximate horizontal distances and elevation measurements of the anchor block, roadway, and connection point on the tower and did some trig.
(https://i.imgur.com/nv7M4ZJ.jpg)
At the edge of the road closest to the anchor, the height of the cable above it is about 22 feet so above the general maximum height for trucks, but not by too much. At the leftmost northbound lane, the cable is about 59 feet above the road. All measurements approximate and shall be verified under the supervision of a licensed professional surveyor.