After coming down with the “phone bug” (or phone-itis), I found my grandparents’ 1972 Stromberg-Carlson 500D rotary telephone in their basement. I decided to give it a good cleaning and test it out.
Continue reading Cleaning a classic rotary phoneRoanoke passive reflector towers
What’s better than one passive reflector tower? How about two?
Continue reading Roanoke passive reflector towersNew blog social media
Check out my new Mastodon account for periodic updates, photos of/for projects and more!
Continue reading New blog social mediaFive months of OpenIndiana: Thoughts
After five months of “daily driving” OpenIndiana Hipster, I have been adjusting to using the descendant of Ma Bell’s operating system — Unix System V.
Continue reading Five months of OpenIndiana: ThoughtsHorns Across Missouri 2025
I plan to further document former AT&T Long Lines microwave relay sites in Missouri this year.
Continue reading Horns Across Missouri 2025Reviving the W541 with OpenIndiana
My third Lenovo ThinkPad has a new lease on life.
Continue reading Reviving the W541 with OpenIndianaWordPress or static: Second thoughts
The quandary of whether to continue using WordPress, or continue my transition to a static website created from scratch, lives on.
Continue reading WordPress or static: Second thoughtsD&H Media transmitter: ASR 1225874
Southwest of the Windsor AT&T Long Lines site (now used by the State of Missouri for MOSWIN) is a 492-foot guyed mast belonging to D&H Media, of Warrensburg, Missouri. The tower has FM transmitter antennas for KWKJ-FM at 98.5 MHz. A second station, KVWS-FM, has applied for a construction permit in 2023 to broadcast from the site.
Continue reading D&H Media transmitter: ASR 1225874Website update
Due to ongoing issues with this WordPress installation — along with wanting to have greater control over the layout of my content, I have converted back to using good, old static HTML and CSS for my personal website.
This updated website lives where the original did: https://garrettfuller.org/personal/
More RF/microwave towers
My previous post led me to look up other local towers that have always piqued my interest.
Continue reading More RF/microwave towers