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How to See Radio Transmitter Towers Online...

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DrSquelchcrash

Well,
this may not be news to some Google Maps fans, but I thought
I would throw this out anyway. It's an interesting angle for the
geek aspect of the hobbyist perspective of radio...
The tower hunter...

Copying and pasting radio station transmitter coordance into
Google Maps! :>)

Simply copy the coordance exactly off the Radio-Locator site (CTL C), and paste it
into Google Maps (CTL V). Then click on satellite button and zoom right into the towers!!
http://maps.google.com/
Copy this example (WBZ) ---> 42° 16' 44" N, 70° 52' 34" W <--Exactly from Radio-Locator,
and paste it in the above Google Maps link for an example.
Oh yea, and feel free to drag the image for a look around..
When the page loads, the full zoom must still be selected. Once selected,
the pointer at the exact site location is a bit south of where the image
lands. Drag the image up to head south.

Some other interesting tower images:
WRKO Copy and paste in --> 42° 29' 25" N, 71° 13' 05" W
WTTT Copy and paste in --> 42° 24' 48" N, 71° 12' 40" W
FM 128 Copy and paste in > 42° 18' 27" N, 71° 13' 27" W
WTAG Copy and paste in --> 42° 20' 13" N, 71° 49' 15" W
WEEI Copy and paste in --> 42° 16' 41" N, 71° 16' 02" W
WBBR Copy and paste in --> 40° 48' 39" N, 74° 02' 24" W
WWRL Copy and paste in --> 40° 47' 44" N, 74° 03' 18" W
WZRC Copy and paste in --> 40° 50' 42" N, 74° 01' 12" W
WQEW Copy and paste in --> 40° 43' 00" N, 73° 55' 04" W
WBT Copy and paste in --> 35° 07' 56" N, 80° 53' 23" W
KOKC (The old KOMA) -----> 35° 19' 60" N, 97° 30' 16" W
WLW Copy and paste in --> 39° 21' 11" N, 84° 19' 30" W
WKRC Copy and Paste in -> 39° 00' 29" N, 84° 26' 39" W
At full zoom, you have to drag the image north and south
to see all four very widely spaced towers, and then also
pan quite far to the west for the last daytime tower.
WKRC's tower arrangement must take up many many acres!!!
KOMO Copy and paste in --> 47° 27' 49" N, 122° 26' 27" W
WJR Copy and paste in --> 42° 10' 05" N, 83° 12' 54" W
WWJ Copy and paste in --> 42° 01' 09" N, 83° 14' 23" W
KMOX Copy and paste in --> 38° 43' 21" N, 90° 03' 18" W
WSB Copy and paste in --> 33° 50' 38" N, 84° 15' 12" W
WHAM Copy and paste in --> 43° 04' 55" N, 77° 43' 30" W
WIOD Copy and paste in --> 25° 50' 58" N, 80° 09' 18" W
WPHT Copy and paste in --> 39° 58' 46" N, 74° 59' 13" W
WFIL Copy and paste in --> 40° 05' 42" N, 75° 16' 38" W
KRVN Copy and paste in --> 40° 30' 57" N, 99° 23' 47" W
KRVN! 50,000 watts in rural Nebraska!

OK, so I got a bit carried away.... Sorry.... :>)

73
DrSquelchcrash standing by...








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> Well,
> this may not be news to some Google Maps fans, but I
> thought
> I would throw this out anyway. It's an interesting angle for
> the
> geek aspect of the hobbyist perspective of radio...
> The tower hunter...
>
> Copying and pasting radio station transmitter coordance into
>
> Google Maps! :>)
>
> Simply copy the coordance exactly off the Radio-Locator site
> (CTL C), and paste it
> into Google Maps (CTL V). Then click on satellite button and
> zoom right into the towers!!
> http://maps.google.com/
> Copy this example (WBZ) ---> 42° 16' 44" N, 70° 52' 34" W
> 42° 29' 25" N, 71° 13' 05" W
> WTTT Copy and paste in --> 42° 24' 48" N, 71° 12' 40" W
> FM 128 Copy and paste in > 42° 18' 27" N, 71° 13' 27" W
> WTAG Copy and paste in --> 42° 20' 13" N, 71° 49' 15" W
> WEEI Copy and paste in --> 42° 16' 41" N, 71° 16' 02" W
> WBBR Copy and paste in --> 40° 48' 39" N, 74° 02' 24" W
> WWRL Copy and paste in --> 40° 47' 44" N, 74° 03' 18" W
> WZRC Copy and paste in --> 40° 50' 42" N, 74° 01' 12" W
> WQEW Copy and paste in --> 40° 43' 00" N, 73° 55' 04" W
> WBT Copy and paste in --> 35° 07' 56" N, 80° 53' 23" W
> KOKC (The old KOMA) -----> 35° 19' 60" N, 97° 30' 16" W
> WLW Copy and paste in --> 39° 21' 11" N, 84° 19' 30" W
> WKRC Copy and Paste in -> 39° 00' 29" N, 84° 26' 39" W
> At full zoom, you have to drag the image north and south
> to see all four very widely spaced towers, and then also
> pan quite far to the west for the last daytime tower.
> WKRC's tower arrangement must take up many many acres!!!
> KOMO Copy and paste in --> 47° 27' 49" N, 122° 26' 27" W
> WJR Copy and paste in --> 42° 10' 05" N, 83° 12' 54" W
> WWJ Copy and paste in --> 42° 01' 09" N, 83° 14' 23" W
> KMOX Copy and paste in --> 38° 43' 21" N, 90° 03' 18" W
> WSB Copy and paste in --> 33° 50' 38" N, 84° 15' 12" W
> WHAM Copy and paste in --> 43° 04' 55" N, 77° 43' 30" W
> WIOD Copy and paste in --> 25° 50' 58" N, 80° 09' 18" W
> WPHT Copy and paste in --> 39° 58' 46" N, 74° 59' 13" W
> WFIL Copy and paste in --> 40° 05' 42" N, 75° 16' 38" W
> KRVN Copy and paste in --> 40° 30' 57" N, 99° 23' 47" W
> KRVN! 50,000 watts in rural Nebraska!
>
> OK, so I got a bit carried away.... Sorry.... :>)
>
> 73
> DrSquelchcrash standing by...
>
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Re: Here's some more sites...

> KBLU - looks like the towers are on either side of Main St.
> KFI - Here's an example of how old Google's images are...
> KNBR - I noticed the HAZ signs on the ground. I seem to
> remember there was a tower with a callsign painted on the
> ground somewhere, or am I confusing it with these HAZ signs?
>
> KFMB - a drive-through directional array split by state
> route 52. 50kW at night, btw.
> KABC - just thought this site looked interesting.
>
> More to come later, including possibly KURS, KNX, KDIS,
> KSDO, KCBQ, KKDD, KPRO, KMIK, and KBLA. I need to sign off.
>

I personally like www.globexplorer.com. You can zoom in much closer than Google maps. The only problem is that you have to convert lat and lon degrees to decimal, but this website should help you out:www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html. Remember to put in a negative sign before the longitude number!

p.s. You might have to copy and paste those last two links into your browser.
 
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