[Towertalk] AT&T Microwave Tower Sites

[DMartin560@aol.com]

Hi Bryan,
There is a Yahoo Group that has all the information you could ever want.  
Lots of the list members have their own websites regarding these tower sites 
along with details of the long lines.  The info and knowledge these members 
provide is staggering. 

The Yahoo group is  <coldwarcomms>

I have not been to the Yahoo groups (I am a member of about 10 groups) in a 
while and it seems I have been discontinued as a Yahoo member.  It put me 
through a hassle of re-registering...which I haven't gotten fixed yet!

Good Luck and 73,
KG4ADM   Dwayne



<< 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 >>