the old communications network is no longer in operation, all the towers
were auctioned off and there hasent been any traffic on those horns in
years, I just stripped out one of those towers, those aluminum feed horns
are worth a LOT of money in scrap aluminum, and thers LOTS of copper
hardline/waveguide goin in then, (4 runs per horn)
We also just stacked a RHON SSV on top of one recently
Zac
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul McInnish - K4BET" <k4bet@bellsouth.net>
To: <w5kft@nts-online.net>; <Towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] AT&T Microwave Tower Sites
> Yea... be sure & publish all this data so the terrorists can find them
easy
> and disrupt our communications infrastructure!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <w5kft@nts-online.net>
> To: <Towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:47 PM
> Subject: [Towertalk] AT&T Microwave Tower Sites
>
>
>
> I am working on a research project about the hundreds of
> microwave sites that were built by AT&T Long Lines Division in
> the 1960's in conjunction with the Department of Defense. These
> are the sites, I think there were about 1600 of them, that had the
> hardened concrete buildings with AC generators and the huge four
> legged self supporting towers up to 400 feet tall. The vast majority
> of these towers are in rural and remote locations, away from all
> urban population centers.
>
> Amateur radio operators working in a variety of capacities
> were involved in the engineering, construction, and operation of
> these sites. I am trying to get in touch with any of these folks.
>
> I would like to get in contact with any present or former AT&T
> employees, DOD employees, contractors, vendors, etc etc. that
> had any contact or experience with these sites. I want to get
> information about the sites, old pictures, route maps, trivia
> information about these Cold War facilities.
>
> If you have any information about these tower sites, please get
> in contact with me on a direct basis.......any internet info or
> websites related to these towers would also be appreciated.
>
> Bryan Edwards W5KFT
> Lubbock, Texas
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