I feel like someone mentioned this the other day, but what is the purpose of the new tower going up on Appling in Bartlett (other than to create a elevated structure to which radiating elements will be attached)?
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New Tower
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NM... I got an off-the-board answer (Flinn digital TV).
Radiosaur is right, the older tower has more guys than I've ever seen on a 1000' tower.
Speaking of guy wires, I drive under those guys several times a week and I can't remember ever doing that before, anywhere. Anyone else know of such a set-up, traffic under the guy lines on a major street?
Speaking of guy wires, I drive under those guys several times a week and I can't remember ever doing that before, anywhere. Anyone else know of such a set-up, traffic under the guy lines on a major street?
Not quite the same thing, but the tower for Ch. 3 in Sterling, Colorado, is quite literally in the middle of Interstate 76. The tower was there long before I 76 was built, and the lanes are fairly far apart right there, but they actually built the highway around the tower on both sides and made an access road to it under a bridge.
I certainly can't think of another major street passing under guy wires. Down in Birmingham you pass under several sets of them when going up to the TV studios up on Red Mountain, but those aren't major roads.
That Sterling tower in the middle of the interstate is easily visible on Google. I'm pretty sure it's not used anymore.
That Sterling tower in the middle of the interstate is easily visible on Google. I'm pretty sure it's not used anymore.
Zach said:
Passing under it and by it, to a much lesser extent, reminds me of the American Way/Perkins/Mall of Memphis property area with all of those TVA power lines right above the street... You don't really see too many TV towers squeezed into that small of a parcel next to a major road and a major intersection. Most TV towers I have seen are in the "cotton fields" such as WMC-TV on Crestview, WREC-AM in Frayser, etc.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents...
Panzer
Doug, I am sure your premise is right -- that 14 is on the air solely for must-carry. And, I really shouldn't complain; with its current lame-o signal, the new WTWV (I remember those calls being in Tupelo, but, I digress) won't clog up a productive channel too badly.
But, it does seem like a waste of a perfectly good allocation. Heck, I can receive the LPTV analogs, which are within spittin' distance to 14, snow-free. Nothing usable yet on WTWV. Too bad -- I needed more religious programming.
And, it is a trip to the cable head.
DE
But, it does seem like a waste of a perfectly good allocation. Heck, I can receive the LPTV analogs, which are within spittin' distance to 14, snow-free. Nothing usable yet on WTWV. Too bad -- I needed more religious programming.
And, it is a trip to the cable head.
DE
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