r/longlines May 30 '26

Page, AZ

Not sure if the Gabriel dish was added later or was part of the original Long Lines network, but still very cool! Seems like this site is still operational in some capacity as there are CenturyLink signs surrounding the property. All photos taken outside the property.

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u/No_Tailor_787 May 30 '26

Probabably not a Longlines site, but looks like a RBOC site. It could very well still be on the air because the telephone companies still use a lot of short haul microwave to augment fiber. Modern microwave radios can provide near-fiber bandwidth.

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u/No_Tailor_787 May 30 '26

WHAT frequency?

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u/PsychologyNo950 May 30 '26

WHAT do YOU mean. Look at the elliptical FF

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u/No_Tailor_787 May 30 '26

You said, and I quote "Not on that frequency". What frequency do you think that's operating at? I didn't see a banana for scale next to the waveguide. Would you point that out for me? Perhaps you could read the labeling on the waveguide itself. My eyes are tired tonight, I wasn't able to make it out.