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Tower #2 Site Survey
I was approved on getting a new tower site yesterday. This site is in the middle of my town, Merrill Mi. It is a very old grain mill. I went to inspect it today. I had to sign a liability release waiver for this site, which isnt too unusual, but after checking out the site, I now understand why. Its old, rickety, creepy and feels almost unsafe. I wasnt able to get to the top of the tower, since it was so windy, and I will need some more safety gear. My climbing harness isnt enough, Ill need some ropes too. I hope to do another site survey next week.
I plan to put up a Ham Radio POCSAG VHF + UHF paging system and some scanner feeds at this location.
Midland Co Sheriff + Fire
Midland City Police + Fire
Bay County PD + FD
I might be able to do feeds for
Arenac Co and Gladwin Co also, but I will have to get more scanners
Below are some pics that I took at the site. Quality is poor, since there is no working electricity in the building for lights.
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- View of Miles Pertroleum complex.
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- Close up of site from the road.
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- The old wooden, rope pull elevator. (sideways)
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- The old wooden, rope pull elevator. (sideways)
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- View of the top floor, from the stairs.
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- I will probably mount equipment cabinet somewhere here, near the stairs. This will keep it inside and reduce coax runs.
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- Staircase from 2nd to 3rd floor. This is AFTER the elevator or outside ladder climb.
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- Looking down the elevator shaft from the top floor.
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- Looking West. Verizon’s tower with some other WISP antennas on it.
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- Looking S/W at the park and township hall.
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- Looking South over the center of town.
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- I have to crawl thru this window, located over the stairs, to get to the ladder for the top tower.
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- Looking East. The town’s water tower can be seen.
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- Looking up at lower tower.
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- East side of top tower, where I will probably mount my antennas.
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- Looking N/W. Wind Turbines can be seen.
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- S/W Side of tower.
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- Rear of the building and tower.
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- Rear of the building and tower.
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- West side of the top tower.
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- Smaller tower.
