iamhere300
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plaws said:OK ... so where was "Norman"?
In Norman....
I will find out. You have me wondering now.
Norman OK
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In Norman....
I will find out. You have me wondering now.
iamhere300
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iamhere300 said:
So I can stop getting private messages about this.. I was not being mean, I am the guy from Missouri....
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CommShrek said:You are?
scary ain't it?
iamhere300
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plaws said:OK ... so where was "Norman"?
I feel stupid....
Hwy 277/62 north of the Hwy 9 intersection, on the hill.
West side of the road.
Short tower.
I knew this just could not remember.
woodyrr
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Is the microwave tower about 2 miles south of the south Purcell exit along I-35 a former AT&T tower. If so, what was its name?
From the hill on which it sits, on a clear day, I can see the Arbuckle mountains and I assume that one of the sites that it "talked" to was a similar tower located on the antenna farm on the highest mountain.
There is another similar tower just east of Marietta, OK although I doubt that it is line of sight to the one on the Arbuckles.
From the hill on which it sits, on a clear day, I can see the Arbuckle mountains and I assume that one of the sites that it "talked" to was a similar tower located on the antenna farm on the highest mountain.
There is another similar tower just east of Marietta, OK although I doubt that it is line of sight to the one on the Arbuckles.
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Well woody, judging by those posted maps I would have to guess that "Wayne" is the tower near Purcell and "Davis" is the one down in the Arbuckles. Those are both very impressive locations. Wonder what the price tag is for that piece of real estate? Where would one go to buy it I wonder? The Marietta site is also listed and is labeled as such.
I remember when the Wayne site had HUGE bent horn microwave antennas all over it. The tower (or should I say massive platform?) is just bare now. I could almost feel my brain cells cooking when I used to top that hill on the highway.
What a great place for posting linked radio systems. There is a clear view back to the OKC/Edmond towers from the Wayne site and the Davis could jump straight to Wayne. We could have the I-35 corridor south covered on a mobile with a 3-repeater linked radio system. That would be sweet. The "Guthrie" and "Ponca City" site would probably cover the north I-35 stuff as well.
I remember when the Wayne site had HUGE bent horn microwave antennas all over it. The tower (or should I say massive platform?) is just bare now. I could almost feel my brain cells cooking when I used to top that hill on the highway.
What a great place for posting linked radio systems. There is a clear view back to the OKC/Edmond towers from the Wayne site and the Davis could jump straight to Wayne. We could have the I-35 corridor south covered on a mobile with a 3-repeater linked radio system. That would be sweet. The "Guthrie" and "Ponca City" site would probably cover the north I-35 stuff as well.
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woodyrr
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Thanks freqscout,
Do either of the maps have a broken link to the image when you click on it? Both did the other day and the 1960 map still does when I click on it.
I guess that the Davis and Marietta sites are line of sight after all.
I wonder if the "Olive" site is the one that I pass on HW 48 between Bristow and Mannford.
As to both the Wayne and Davis sites, I wish that they had left the horns in place.
Do either of the maps have a broken link to the image when you click on it? Both did the other day and the 1960 map still does when I click on it.
I guess that the Davis and Marietta sites are line of sight after all.
I wonder if the "Olive" site is the one that I pass on HW 48 between Bristow and Mannford.
As to both the Wayne and Davis sites, I wish that they had left the horns in place.
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iamhere300
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I don't know about the one near Purcell, I would assume that
it would be Wayne, espically if it is on the north side of Wayne.
I know that MCI had a hop there, as did IXC. IXC had their
tower removed after they sold their towers to Lattice
Communications - the landowner got to keep the shelter
which he now uses for storing deer meat.
The MCI tower was in the side yard of the superintendent
of schools house just north of Wayne.
Both of those are/were guyed towers with 6 large
round dishes.
Where is the AT&T tower down there? I am betting that it is one
that ATC sold when they got rid of some of those.
There were three major carriers that had microwave routes through
the OKC area, AT&T, MCI, and IXC.
it would be Wayne, espically if it is on the north side of Wayne.
I know that MCI had a hop there, as did IXC. IXC had their
tower removed after they sold their towers to Lattice
Communications - the landowner got to keep the shelter
which he now uses for storing deer meat.
The MCI tower was in the side yard of the superintendent
of schools house just north of Wayne.
Both of those are/were guyed towers with 6 large
round dishes.
Where is the AT&T tower down there? I am betting that it is one
that ATC sold when they got rid of some of those.
There were three major carriers that had microwave routes through
the OKC area, AT&T, MCI, and IXC.
iamhere300
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Just verified, yes, the Purcell site was by Wayne, and the next one
was by Davis.
One of the reasons the copper is disappearing is due to a family
of thiefs that live over near Grady County (I believe) that are going
across the country stealing that stuff. It is so bad that many tower
owners are setting out crews removing it before this family does.
was by Davis.
One of the reasons the copper is disappearing is due to a family
of thiefs that live over near Grady County (I believe) that are going
across the country stealing that stuff. It is so bad that many tower
owners are setting out crews removing it before this family does.
woodyrr
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I'm really glad to finally be able to see that map.
I notice that there is / was a microwave site at Mountain View. I wonder if that was the tower that I could see to the south of my Uncle's farm. Unlike the Wayne and Davis free standing towers, this one was a guyed tower with what I have come to believe is a pair if reflectors forming a "V" at the top of the tower. I assume that the signal hit the reflector, traveled vertically down to an antenna, through a repeater or amplifier, up the other side of the tower to the other reflector where it traveled to the next site. The "V" would have been in an east - west orientation.
In the 1960s and '70s there was a tower like that with the reflectors in a north - south orientation just south of SE 104th and Sooner Rd. I don't know when it was dismantled or its purpose.
I notice that there is / was a microwave site at Mountain View. I wonder if that was the tower that I could see to the south of my Uncle's farm. Unlike the Wayne and Davis free standing towers, this one was a guyed tower with what I have come to believe is a pair if reflectors forming a "V" at the top of the tower. I assume that the signal hit the reflector, traveled vertically down to an antenna, through a repeater or amplifier, up the other side of the tower to the other reflector where it traveled to the next site. The "V" would have been in an east - west orientation.
In the 1960s and '70s there was a tower like that with the reflectors in a north - south orientation just south of SE 104th and Sooner Rd. I don't know when it was dismantled or its purpose.
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I have a friend who used to work for OETA back in those days and OU used to have a studio that had some programs produced there and they had a microwave link with okc via a tower in that area.When those studios moved to OKC that link was no longer needed and the tower was taken down.
That was also the location of the first 146.94 okc repeater in those days.
That was also the location of the first 146.94 okc repeater in those days.
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woodyrr said:
Was that a H style tower? Two uprights, with a cross piece? Western Union also
ran a route through the east of OKC.
The antenna arrangement you describe used to be used a lot, but it fell to disfavor
as much of the signal went to places it should not....
woodyrr
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Both towers that I described were of single mast construction. The tower along Sooner Road was immediately (~200 feet) to the west of the road. It was not clustered among the antennas of the "south side" antenna farm (KTOK etc).iamhere300 said:
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freqscout said:
If you do a google search for "Autovon" you'll find photos of what several of these sites looked like when they were in operation and some history behind some of the sites. I've always loved history. Military history is of a particular interest and although some say the "Cold War" era still isn't over, I find the time period generally associated with that area very fascinating.
I have had the privalege to get a personal tour of one of the Autovon sites and although I didn't have my camera with me to take pictures, it was a real pleasure to take a look around.
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A correction and retraction.
Before someone familiar with that area gleefully nails me unmercifully to the wall; All of this remembering has brought memories to my memory. After some serious recollecting and some sketching, I have determined that as usual, I'm north when I 'oughta' be south. The Mountain View house faces west which means that the microwave tower was to the east. Looking from west to east and seeing the "V" at the top means that the signal traveled north and south. I guess that this tower was not the tower depicted on the map. All of this recollecting goes all the way back to the mid-seventies which was the last time that I was there, a period - memories of which are probably best left unremembered anyway.woodyrr said:
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