You can click HYBRID on that map and get a satellite view. It is on a
ridge, but you do need to zoom in quite a ways.
You want tall towers??? We have about five 600 meter towers in the
Raleigh area. More out east too. Makes for great TV and FM signals.
Can you say 160m sloper???? :-D
Kent
K9EZ/4/lid/b0zo
Raleigh Area
Broadcast geek - AKA Da Enginerd
On 8/2/07, Forrest Wolf <forrestw@gbis.com> wrote:
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> Pat ... No cross streets that I know of. Looks to be "out in the middle of
> no where". I ck'd the GPS & couldn't see any roads. I didn't record the
> GPS of my location on the hwy ... dang.
>
> Kent ... Looks to be it! 401m high. Thanks for the data & link!!!
> We need one of those to hang our low band V's on :-))) May need to buy up
> some residential lots.
>
>
> Best to all,
>
> Forrest
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kent Winrich
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 7:14 AM
> To: Forrest Wolf
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How tall is that tower?
>
> Hows this???: KVEG, 401m tower, just south of I-15, 30 miles or so NE of LV.
>
> http://www.recnet.com/cdbs/fmq.php?facid=83278&jaws=0
>
> Kent Winrich
> K9EZ/4/lid/b0zo
> Fuquay-Varina, NC
> Broadcasting geek (engineer)
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> On 8/2/07, Forrest Wolf <forrestw@gbis.com> wrote:
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> >
> > Bout 30 or 40 miles NE of Las Vegas on I-15, off to the south of the
> > hwy there is a giant tower. It's mounted up off the valley floor on a
> > ridge.
> > It's far enough away that you can barely make out the guys.
> >
> > Looks to have 3, maybe 4 warning lights along the length. There are
> > no dish antennas or other types on it. Anyone know what's is for and
> > how tall?
> > It's a monster.
> >
> >
> > 73s,
> >
> > K7OCR
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