My previous post led me to look up other local towers that have always piqued my interest.
Continue reading More RF/microwave towersTag: long lines
August 2021 Update
This year has been a roller coaster year — full of ups and downs.
Continue reading August 2021 UpdateTBT: Tower Power!
Growing up, most kids enjoy playing sports or video games. For me, one of the things that peaked my interest was electronics, especially RF/Microwave systems. Continue reading TBT: Tower Power!
Site and General Update – 7/26/2018
A lot has been going on in the background… Continue reading Site and General Update – 7/26/2018
Update
I’m still here… Continue reading Update
The Bell System: More than a telephone company
If you asked anyone who the most influential company in the telephony industry was: they would almost all answer with “Bell.” But how did Bell go from being a company formed to support a new invention to a monopoly with shady business practices and a household name, to just another forgotten name? Continue reading The Bell System: More than a telephone company
Update – 2/28/2018
It’s time for yet another update… Continue reading Update – 2/28/2018
AT&T Long Lines – A Forgotten System
The era spawning from the 1950s throughout the 1980s can be considered the golden era of telecommunication. While computers were expanding from items consuming entire rooms to something that could fit on a person’s desk, so was the way we communicate. Televisions went from being a luxury item to being in every home. Telephone systems were not only used for voice, but to transfer data from one location to another almost instantaneously. The inventions and innovations from this period have led to technologies we rely on every day: the internet, satellite television, fiber-optics, cell phones, and et cetera. But it’s often forgotten how we’ve arrived where we are.
Continue reading AT&T Long Lines – A Forgotten SystemUpdate – 1/14/2018
I’m happily back…
Continue reading Update – 1/14/2018