does anyone know what is housed in the west peak transmitter farm in meriden?...i use to see all the towers when i was on 84E back tword meriden.....i am thinking it is mostly marcus and other police fire comms?
West Peak Transmitter Farm, Meriden
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wesct
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Southtown800 said:
lets see
wwyz 92.5
wzmx 93.7
wkss 95.7
wdrc 102.9
wmrq 104.1
whcn 105.9
wxj42 162.400
n1fqf 145.49 pl 77.0 southington amateur radio club
k1hsn 224.800 pl 77.0
444.250 pl 77.0
meriden pd 854.2875 pl 123.0
meriden pd 855.5125 pl 123.0
thats all i know of. i have been told there is no light switch- the rf powers the lights in the building.
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wow...that's crazy...isn't thre an armed guard around there somewhere?....
wesct
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Heres a website with some of the history of that famous place in Meriden.
http://members.aol.com/jeff560/fmfirst.html
also: http://www.wwuh.org/history/CTtimeline.htm
I know that I missed a few transmitters up there.
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http://members.aol.com/jeff560/fmfirst.html
also: http://www.wwuh.org/history/CTtimeline.htm
I know that I missed a few transmitters up there.
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PJH said:
right- nothing special...
wesct
i always see a RPS Special service car sitting where you go into the entrance....and it's an armed guard...i saw her a while back standing outside her car....idk...maybe to protect the police towers and whatnot....
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I'd say the site owner is paying for someone to be up there to thwart the kids from playing up there (where they have had problems in the past) more than anything else.
Its also a high RF enviroment up there. I wouldn't want a job sitting around up there.
I helped someone install a repeater up at a TV site. It was a nice site and quite a bit up equipment was colocated. When you got to a certain elevation, you can "feel" any fillings in your teeth.
Its also a high RF enviroment up there. I wouldn't want a job sitting around up there.
I helped someone install a repeater up at a TV site. It was a nice site and quite a bit up equipment was colocated. When you got to a certain elevation, you can "feel" any fillings in your teeth.
what happens if someone breaks in...do they have alarm systems for all that equipment...i remember when i went to police on patrol day 2004 at the meriden mall they had meriden police there and they had quads with MTS2000's and headsets attached to them so if they had to go up to the top of hubbard park they could accsess it easily, i think they had yamaha raptars....it was pretty cool
do high RF levels give you cancer or something?
do high RF levels give you cancer or something?
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Spent many hours up there when I worked as a tech in cellular and two-way radio, GE, RCA. Motorola and all the odd brands.
Florecent lights would stay lit with the switch off. Couldn't use an analog voltmeter, the needle would stay pegged. Sometimes your wattmeter would read wattage without being hooked up (Older Bird with analog movement). Some base station radios would stop working when you put the metal covers back on (GE Tone remote control). One case we made up wooden doors to get the tone remote control stuff to work.
Your car alarm wouldn't work and if you had engine start cut off enabled the engine wouldn't start, good thing there was a bypass switch or you had to roll the vehicle far enough away from the RF field.
Been on many high RF enviorment sites, MT Tom, Bay Bank Springfield, and many more throughout New England and I would say Meiden Mt. is the worst becaues of all the radio station transmitters on the same Mt.
Even tried making a 2 meter ham repeater work before the duplexer days (600Khz spacing with 2 antennas).
It's a good transmit only site. Suprised no high powered TV stations are up there.
in the early days of 800 Mhz analog trunking we used Meriden Mt. to cover Long Island and had equipment on Long Island Port Jefferson to cover CT I-95.
OK I'm giving away my age and identity.
So I've worked with RF for over 40+ years and alot of RF to the brain and remain cancer free... I learned NOT to walk in front of microwave dishes.
Just the rest of the body parts are falling apart... he he and yes I am a holder of a ham license for over 45 years. (More RF). Should of called myself RFMAN.
Happy New Year and Enjoy my story...
Oldtimeradio
Florecent lights would stay lit with the switch off. Couldn't use an analog voltmeter, the needle would stay pegged. Sometimes your wattmeter would read wattage without being hooked up (Older Bird with analog movement). Some base station radios would stop working when you put the metal covers back on (GE Tone remote control). One case we made up wooden doors to get the tone remote control stuff to work.
Your car alarm wouldn't work and if you had engine start cut off enabled the engine wouldn't start, good thing there was a bypass switch or you had to roll the vehicle far enough away from the RF field.
Been on many high RF enviorment sites, MT Tom, Bay Bank Springfield, and many more throughout New England and I would say Meiden Mt. is the worst becaues of all the radio station transmitters on the same Mt.
Even tried making a 2 meter ham repeater work before the duplexer days (600Khz spacing with 2 antennas).
It's a good transmit only site. Suprised no high powered TV stations are up there.
in the early days of 800 Mhz analog trunking we used Meriden Mt. to cover Long Island and had equipment on Long Island Port Jefferson to cover CT I-95.
OK I'm giving away my age and identity.
So I've worked with RF for over 40+ years and alot of RF to the brain and remain cancer free... I learned NOT to walk in front of microwave dishes.
Just the rest of the body parts are falling apart... he he and yes I am a holder of a ham license for over 45 years. (More RF). Should of called myself RFMAN.
Happy New Year and Enjoy my story...
Oldtimeradio
wesct
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I do know that the current 2 meter repeater 145.49 pl 77.0 was a bear to get running to the extent of covering over the windows with tin foil to keep the rf out.
Thanks for the story.
wesct
Thanks for the story.
wesct
We used to spend many hour up ther partying and driving to the edges of the cliff. I remember being up in the castle at 1am in the fog with bats swooping down on us. Boy that place brings back memories. Too bad Mt Lamentation blocks the signals from my apartment otherwise I could get much better reception from that area here in Middletown.
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I was up at this farm yesterday with my auntie Tracy, took wrong turn to get to the castle. Pulled along the fencing to turn around and as a swung my truck around my radio (mind you I was listening to a cd) went nuts and threw itself into protection mode from what I'm assuming was RF overloading. Just thought I'd share that info
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