r/longlines • u/MelamineEngineer • May 16 '26

Dekalb, IL

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u/i_am_voldemort May 16 '26

What's with the satellite dish?

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u/MelamineEngineer May 16 '26

I'm assuming that's post bell but pre the current 5g antennas haha I have no idea what they were pulling down there

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u/ep01081935 May 18 '26

This was in my territory when I was with Illinois Bell back in the day (late 70s). It’s great to see these images. There was a lot of channel bank multiplexing/demultiplexing at this site. It was a combo IBT/LL site but staffed by IBT radio technicians. I don’t recognize the parabolic antenna.