Transmiter ID

[scannerbum]

Can you tell what a tower is emiting based on its looks?

 

[tyytor]

yes, some times they have it on the transmitter,
some times i drive close by and get a tower id and antennas
and got to tower id look up on the FCC site tells me who owns the tower & Freq's
don't know if thats what you were after??

 

[cwm2]

I assume you know the characteristic appearance of most cell towers with the triangular array of verticular collinear antennas. The size of the folded dipoles in multi-bay VHF/UHF would be a big tipoff to the frequency range in use, i.e. relatively small dipoles for the 450-480 mhz etc. with the vhf stuff being considerably larger. With 'close call' on a lot of scanners you could get a handle on the service that might be on the tower.....As the other responder said, if you know the geographical coordinates of the tower you could probably look it up in a data base and find the the licensee (s) etc....I carry a set of binoculars just so I can view the arrays on some of the larger/higher towers!!!!

 

[kb2vxa]

Hi Bum and all,

If you're an experienced antenna freak the answer is "sometimes". Mostly the answer is no even though I have two eyes, one for antennas and the other for women. Never mind what happens when I see a hottie with a radio!

 

[JohnnyGalaga]

Here's a website that lets you search for and identify towers: http://www.cellreception.com/towers/

 

[kb2vxa]

Here's a better one, it locates more than cell towers.

http://www.antennasearch.com/

 

[spiritwolfpr]

Hello KB2VXA

A hottie with a radio now there is thouth hhhmmmm

 

[N4JNW]

Here's a better one, it locates more than cell towers.

http://www.antennasearch.com/

THAT is cool!!! Now in my favorites!

 

[kb2vxa]

Oh you're welcome KG4, now that's taken care of on to a bit of trivia.

Bum, your avatar once was a trademark and has a name, do you know it? Bonus question, whose trademark was it?

 

[zz0468]

Oh you're welcome KG4, now that's taken care of on to a bit of trivia.

Bum, your avatar once was a trademark and has a name, do you know it? Bonus question, whose trademark was it?

He has an interesting wiki reference. I had no idea just how far he had gotten around, and how far back he originated.

 

[scannerbum]

Avatar...

Redi Killoawatt

 

[kb2vxa]

I'm not sure of the spelling but you got the name right. Now, whose trademark was it? If you can get past that, which company had Ronald Reagan as a spokesman? Clue: They had a TV show on CBS. Double bonus; name the show.

 

[902]

I'm not sure of the spelling but you got the name right. Now, whose trademark was it? If you can get past that, which company had Ronald Reagan as a spokesman? Clue: They had a TV show on CBS. Double bonus; name the show.

I'm not going to gyp him out of answering, but Reddy is still a trademark. The image is licensed to all sorts of brochures around the world along with his brother Reddy Flame.

Now, what movie short featured Reddy reporting a dangerously overloaded octopus connection?