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2. Blaw-Knox tower - Wikipedia

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   The diamond-shaped tower was patented by Nicholas Gerten and Ralph Jenner for Blaw-Knox July 29, 1930. [5] and was one of the first mast radiators.[1] [6] Previous antennas for medium and longwave broadcasting usually consisted of wires strung between masts, but in the Blaw-Knox antenna, as in modern AM broadcasting mast radiators, the metal mast structure functioned as the antenna. [1]

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. List of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers

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   Upper section of antenna broke loose and destroyed guy wires due to ice storm WAND and WJJY used the same RCA UHF antennas, mfg in 1969. TV channel 17 (488-494 MHz) Collapsed Easter Sunday. Nebraska Education Tower, Angora: February 1978: Guyed steel lattice mast 457 Ice Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, East Germany May 21, 1978: Guyed steel lattice ...

5. KTVO-TV Tower - Wikipedia

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   The KTVO-TV Tower was a 2000 ft (609.6 m) tall television mast (or antenna tower) built near Colony, Missouri that collapsed on June 3, 1988, as workers were replacing structural braces. Three workers were killed in the collapse, which happened in calm weather.

6. Antenna farm - Wikipedia

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   An antenna farm, satellite dish farm or dish farm is an area dedicated to television or radio telecommunications transmitting or receiving antenna equipment, such as C, K u or K a band satellite dish antennas, UHF/VHF/AM/FM transmitter towers or mobile cell towers.

7. WECT tower - Wikipedia

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   The WECT Tower was a 2,000 ft (609.6m)-tall [1] mast used as antenna for TV-broadcasting, including broadcasting the analog television signal of WECT channel 6. It was built in 1969 and was situated along NC 53 south of White Lake in Colly Township in Bladen County, North Carolina , United States.

8. KXTV/KOVR tower - Wikipedia

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   In the neighborhood of KXTV/KOVR Tower are two towers of similar height, the Channel 40 and KVIE-TV Channel 6 Tower and the Channel 3-Hearst-Argyle Tower, forming an antenna "farm" on the east side of the Sacramento River and west of the Interstate 5 freeway, which can be easily seen for miles around in every direction.

9. Saugatuck Gap Filler Radar Annex - Wikipedia

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   At the same time, a rigid radome was installed to protect the new antenna at the top of the tower. This is the iconic white ball still visible for miles in all directions. Control of the Saugatuck radar annex was transferred to the 752nd Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 27 January 1965, [ 16 ] located at Empire Air Force Station, Z-34, near Empire ...