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English: A microwave relay tower on Granite Pass, Mojave National Preserve, California. This is part of the TD-2 AT&T Long Lines system, a microwave relay network created by AT&T in the 1950s to relay telephone calls and other data between cities in the USA. The four angular cone-shaped antennas are called horn-reflector antennas, invented by ...
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The tower appears to be in use for other purposes; the vertical antennas at the top and the round dark grey dish are not part of the original system. TD-2 was a microwave relay system developed by Bell Labs and used by AT&T to build a cross-country network of repeaters for telephone and television transmission.
The specific uses of the tower today are classified. [5] It was rumored to be a government intelligence numbers station, although others argue that the tower's communications equipment is now obsolete. [4] Several microwave antennas have been removed from the tower, including those pointed to Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center.
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The original analog tower was built in 1976 near Salem, South Dakota, and was 477 meters (1,565 ft). [3] The digital tower was erected in 1998 near Rowena, South Dakota, and is 609.2 meters (1,999 ft), [1] making it one of the tallest structures in the world. The digital tower is owned by Gray Media Group, Inc, as was the analog tower. [1]
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Putting a non-microwave-safe material in a microwave oven can lead to chemicals leaching into your food (not good) or the melting of the container, which can lead to burns — or, at the very ...