[Scan-DC] Antenna Question, Suitland Federal Center

[b_thom at juno.com]

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From: "b_thom at juno.com" <b_thom at juno.com>
To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Scan-DC] Antenna Question, Suitland Federal Center
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:23:28 GMT

> Just south of the water tank is a building, the top of wish is 
> absolutely covered by satellite dishes.

"Which," not "wish." Sheesh.

> The water tank is eight-sided and housed in concrete. There is an 
> antenna just to the west of it. 
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http://wikimapia.org/3815061/Suitland-HVAC-plant-and-solar-array

It's a fancy water tank, but I'm certain that's what it is. It is on top of a ridge. Doesn't the FCC make available a search technique by which you can enter the latitude and longitude of an antenna to find out who owns it? It's not a tall enough tower to be for an AM radio station. Its output is in something-MHz, not something-kHz.

What gets me is, if it has something to do with the water tower, why is it not mounted on top of the tower? Why go to all the expense of building an antenna off to the side of a tower, wasting perfectly good altitude?

Also, the description for the solar array says "The round platform is a former cooling pond that's since been converted to a huge solar cell array." A cooling pond for what?

Enquiring minds want to know. 

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