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  2. Monopole antenna - Wikipedia

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    The monopole antenna was invented in 1895 by radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi; for this reason it is sometimes called the Marconi antenna. [4] [5] [6] The load impedance of the quarter-wave monopole is half that of the dipole antenna or 37.5 ohms. Common types of monopole antenna are

  3. Radio masts and towers - Wikipedia

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    The terms "mast" and "tower" are often used interchangeably. However, in structural engineering terms, a tower is a self-supporting or cantilevered structure, while a mast is held up by stays or guy-wires. [1] A mast is a guyed mast, a thin structure without the shear strength to stand unsupported, that uses attached guy lines for stability ...

  4. Folded unipole antenna - Wikipedia

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    The subsection that follows next describes how surrounding skirt wires are added to convert an ordinary broadcast tower into a folded unipole. The picture at the right shows a small folded unipole antenna constructed from an existing triangular monopole tower; it has only three vertical wires comprising its "skirt".

  5. 120-foot monopole tower proposed in York as town ponders ...

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    Amid an ongoing effort by some residents to halt any new construction of small cell wireless communication towers in town, an application to build a monopole communication tower on land owned by ...

  6. List of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers

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    400-foot transmitter tower located on Averil Peak, NY completely collapsed as a result of accumulation of ice and snow from the April 2007 Nor'easter. Partially damaged the transmitter building at the base. New tower erected and back in service Oct, 9 2007. Browns Summit Crown Castle Broadcasting Tower, Browns Summit, Texas, US May 29, 2007

  7. A day that shocked the world: Photos capture stunned planet ...

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    People run away as the second tower of World Trade Center crumbles down after a plane hit the building September 11, 2001, in New York City. ... and Jamie Otten look at news photos of the attacks ...

  8. Antenna types - Wikipedia

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    A fan monopole, or multi-monopole is a half of a fan dipole: It combines several different-sized monopole antennas, all sharing the same feedpoint, with each sized to transmit well on a different band or sub-band. Like all monopoles, it requires a ground system to function.

  9. ‘Our hands are tied.’ Cell tower approved in Lexington ...

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    More than 300 people in the Palomar area signed a petition protesting the location of a 125-feet cell phone tower at the corner of Man O War and Fort Harrods Road. ‘Our hands are tied.’