If I touch this tower, I die

[bitchstewie]

I don't claim to understand it but this is fascinating.

[dukeboy749r]

Fascinating

[FMOB]

Will certainly give you a new hairstyle.

Interesting design, lots of proper RF engineering in that.

And FEMA demonstrating a bit of proper prepping.

[ATG]

Very cool and also nostalgic for me as, even though that station broadcasts across most of the country, it's a St Louis station (as indicated by the "K") which is where half my family are from and where I spent a lot of time as a kid. KMOX pumped out enough juice that you'd hear it smeared across quite a wide band of a cheap AM radio's tuner. Radio station of choice was KSHE95 ... "real rock radio". They're still broadcasting the same playlists they were in the 1980s. AC/DC, REO Speedwagon, Kansas, etc. Anyone for a cheeseburger?

[dvs_dave]

Very interesting, and it always amazes me how much engineering and infrastructure goes into things like this.

Another similar rabbit hole to dive into is the AT&T long lines system; the USA’s long distance microwave telephony network. Thousands of receiver/transmitter sites across the country, all nuclear hardened, super resilient bunker type facilities. All now made completely redundant by fiber optics so have been left to decay, presumably because it’s too expensive to demolish. The amount of effort, resources, and expense that went into it was incredible, all now useless. Fascinating stuff.

Edited by dvs_dave on Sunday 21st April 16:20