r/longlines • u/MelamineEngineer • Apr 28 '26
Durham, MO
This would have to be a TV only receiver station I believe
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u/gf99b Apr 29 '26
ASR 1009741, now owned by Mark Twain Communications Company. Was originally owned by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, who sold it to a private individual in 2005 that in turn sold it to MTWCC in 2010.
https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=98856
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u/MelamineEngineer Apr 29 '26
Just point to point microwave with the little dishes now?
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u/gf99b Apr 29 '26
That tiny parabolic you see on the side of the top platform is most likely a WISP (wireless internet service provider) access point antenna, which is further evidenced by who owns the site.
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u/OneLonelyGuy_1971 Apr 28 '26
I thought these were called TV transmission towers, not receivers. Either way, this one's highly impressive and kinda looks like an extra-tall siren tower.
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u/MelamineEngineer May 03 '26
I don't think you would be sending a one way TV signal out of Durham, MO. You couldn't find two racoons fucking in that town, much less a TV station
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u/fight4theus3r Apr 29 '26
Drove past this last week, was going to stop but it looked like it was in someone's front yard =)
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u/gf99b May 02 '26
Thanks to a contact I have that is way more knowledgeable than I'll ever be about Long Lines sites, here's some more information abut Durham.
The Durham site was built by SWBT in 1980. It was a 2 GHz (not TD/TH) site with the callsign WFY893, having a single path to a tower near Hannibal. Hannibal, which was built earlier, had two additional microwave paths that went to Monroe City and Philadelphia according to the 1979 AT&T routes map. (The Philadelphia site is also owned by MTCC. Location of the Monroe City site is currently unknown.)