what is it?

[scoobert]

 

[wesalbert]

An elevated antenna structure

 

[scoobert]

in your sig is a car.

but a little more detail would be good.
what are they for? ect?

 

[VIPER]

A cell tower

 

[wesalbert]

Transmitting or receiving signals

 

[ZCx]

birds to sit on???:rock::elefant::toilet:

 

[scoobert]

cant be a cell tower.

 

[ZCx]

i love it when fockers ask what it is, but know what it ain't:toilet:

 

[viperhauler]

my guess is a radio broadcast antenna

 

[scoobert]

i love it when fockers ask what it is, but know what it ain't:toilet:

yes, i know what it is not, or else i would know what it is. derp!
my best guess was a relay station due to the narrow beam of the array.
i wanted to climb it, and see where it was pointed.

cell towers are those one with white bars on them.
these appear directional, but i might be wrong, because i do not know.

 

[wesalbert]

It is some type of relay station I believe. There use to be a bunch of them along the Florida turnpike back before cell phones were around.

 

[scar426]

I believe it's an old school TV tower, i.e. prior to Satellite transmissions.

 

[FATJACK]

Looks like a Kays Castle ice cream shop and the antenna is for debit cards.

 

[scoobert]

POND HILL, Off Pond Hill Road (Lat: 42.519806 Lon: -74.185972), Type: Tower, Structure height: 54.9 m, Overall height: 60.9 m, Call Sign: KNFA338
Assigned Frequencies : 39.5800 MHz
Grant Date: 12/28/2001, Expiration Date: 03/12/2012
Registrant: Towpath Associates LLC, 312 Riverview Road, Rexford, NY 12148, Phone: (518) 383-2677

that is what it is.

 

[viperhauler]

i'm guessing you have the job of moving it?

 

[scoobert]

no. i was out riding today because there is nothing else to do.
was riding the dirt roads by me exploring on my BMW GS.
practicing for my june ride.

 

[wesalbert]

That Freq comes up as a police freq. I recommend not to climb it

 

[scoobert]

albany county sheriffs? they oversee emergency communications out here.

 

[72Duster]

its a microwave tower... the phone company used those in lieu of land lines in areas that were difficult for trenching.(This was before fiber optics became popular). Not many are used for that now.. Fiber is much easier to put in the ground and plenty of bandwidth.. Plus you dont have to worry about roasting birds and low flying planes... In the old days if we suspected that wave guide was leaking, we would just look around the tower for the patches of dead grass ...

 

[scoobert]

wow, really? thats insane.
trenching would be a challenge here.
i did find an artifact on my own property as well. i have a cable burried about 2 feet deep.
i dug it up and broke it a year ago. there is still a marker that has a photo of a bell on it.
wonder if its an old party line?