Another post from SamChurchill to the MailingList, this time on radio towers in PortlandOregon.
The is useful not only for Wireless ISPs but for "Wireless Cable", using http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/News_Releases/2002/nrwl0207.html MVDSS. The new Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service uses the same frequencies used by DirecTV and Echostar and has the same bandwidth (500 MHz). It provides local television programming and high-speed Internet access by re-using the same 12/14Ghz broadcast satellite band. http://www.civilrights.org/library/detail.cfm?id=8020 The FCC http://www.mitre.org/pubs/showcase/fcc_may01/index.shtml determined that interference issues could be handled appropriately. http://www.northpointtechnology.com/ Northpoint is so named because that's where the terrestrial 14Ghz antennas would point - avoiding interference with geosynchronous satellites in the southern arc. The settop is $99.
Look to the North. Find a community with at least 10,000 people that's south of a tall tower or mountain. Then provide "wireless cable" and wireless broadband for $49/month.
Oregon's radio and tv stations (http://bluebook.state.or.us/cultural/media/media03.htm) have their antenna height and locations listed here:
OR TV Antenna locations http://100kwatts.tmi.net/tv/OR.html
OR FM Antenna locations http://100kwatts.tmi.net/radio/OR.html
http://www.pdxradio.com/ PdxRadio has industry news as does the http://www.sbe124.org/newsletters/pdx1200.html Oregon Broadcast Engineers. OPB's Everett Helm has compiled http://www.sbe124.org/part_74/ all the Studio to Transmitter and ENG frequencies in Oregon.
The http://www.berkana.com/tower.php3 Wireless Radio Tower Locator will display maps of any wireless radio tower in the USA that is registered with the FCC. For a listing of cellular towers try http://www.towermaps.com/ or http://www.Sprintsitesusa.com/ for maps, photos and locations of their Oregon towers.
Spectrasite has one of the most comprehensive cell tower mapping web sites. Their site locator is a very tool and it's a good idea to take it out for a spin before you start working.
Step 1 - Fill out the short registration form. You've already done that!
Step 2 - Check out Text Search. Search your home state or city or county. Search by latitude and longitude if you want to. If you know a Tower ID, you can enter that here as well. See what kind of results you get. Stay on the results page.
Step 3 - Check out Map Search. Try zooming in on your hometown. See the sites around you.
Step 4 - Select one of the sites on the search results page. Click on view details. Explore the photo, map, and details options. Save that site (it's now in My Candidates).
Step 5 - Go to My Candidates. This is where you will see the site you just saved. You can save sites you like and revisit them later. Once you know what you want, you can always select "fill out a collo app!"
Step 6 - Visit My Search Rings. It's here that you can upload your existing search rings and track your project over time as we add new sites.
Step 7 - Check out My Collo Apps. It will be empty now, but in the future, any incomplete collo apps will be stored here for you to finish and copies of completed applications will be saved for your convenience.
Here's a listing of Portland towers from Site Locator: You can get a map plot, too.
Building OR-0165 Portland - Martin Luther King Blvd Portland/OR / 30 358 Building OR-0201 Residence Inn- Portland Portland/OR 45º 32' 52" N / 122º 38' 55" W 30 358 Building OR-0256 Portland Airport Portland/OR 45º 34' 8" N / 122º 32' 45" W 30 358 Building OR-0064 1618 SW 1st Avenue Portland/OR 45º 30' 40" N / 122º 40' 34" W 30 358 Building OR-0065 Koin Center Portland/OR 45º 30' 47" N / 122º 40' 37" W 30 358 Building OR-0160 Portland - Columbia Center Portland/OR 45º 32' 47" N / 122º 28' 54" W 30 358 Building OR-0002 Pacific Airgas Portland/OR 45º 35' 28" N / 122º 42' 17" W 30 358 Building OR-0059 Portland Marriott Portland/OR 45º 30' 48" N / 122º 40' 29" W 30 358 Building OR-0001 Pacific Airgas Portland/OR 45º 35' 24" N / 122º 42' 5" W 30 358 Building OR-2034 Good Guys!!, The Portland/OR 45º 34' 7.41" N / 122º 32' 38.306" W 30 358 Building OR-2028 Pioneer Place Portland/OR 45º 31' 3.43" N / 122º 40' 35.148" W 30 358 Building OR-2029 Lloyd Center Portland/OR 45º 31' 57.71" N / 122º 39' 9" W 30 358 Building OR-2031 Clackamas Town Center Portland/OR 45º 26' 12.16" N / 122º 34' 39.522" W 30 358 Building OR-2027 Pioneer Place Portland/OR 45º 31' 3.43" N / 122º 40' 35.148" W 30 358 Building OR-0277 Days Inn City Center Portland/OR 45º 30' 50" N / 122º 40' 50" W 30 358 Building OR-0278 Four Points Portland Downtown Portland/OR 45º 31' 1" N / 122º 40' 21" W 30 358 Building OR-0280 Marriott City Center Portland/OR / 30 358 Building OR-0273 205 Corporate Center Portland/OR / 30 358 Building OR-0274 400 SW Sixth Ave Portland/OR 45º 29' 39" N / 122º 41' 7" W 30 358 Building OR-2009 Watermark Square Portland/OR 45º 26' 28.78" N / 122º 34' 23.682" W 30 358 Building OR-0257 Portland Beaverton Portland/OR 45º 29' 36" N / 122º 46' 42" W 30 358 Building OR-12100 Pioneer Place PORTLAND/OR 45º 31' 3.611" N / 122º 40' 36.52" W 30 358 Wireless Towers OR-0073 Grizzly Mountain Prineville/OR 44º 24' 22.2" N / 120º 59' 4.42" W 30 38 Wireless Towers OR-0074 Prineville Prineville/OR 44º 17' 54.76" N / 120º 49' 18.78" W 30 38 Wireless Towers OR-0076 Ponderosa Prineville/OR 44º 15' 41.56" N / 120º 55' 57.01" W 30 38 Building OR-2015 Adj W side Hwy 101 @ Front St Rockaway Beach/OR 45º 36' 58.68" N / 123º 50' 5.64" W 30 358 Wireless Towers OR-0003 Rogue River Rogue River/OR 42º 26' 46.2" N / 123º 12' 54.7" W 30 288 Building OR-0179 Roseburg - SE Main Roseburg/OR 43º 18' 28" N / 123º 20' 38" W 30 385 Wireless Towers OR-0037 Mt. Nebo Roseburg/OR 43º 12' 9.23" N / 123º 22' 48.06" W 30 385 Wireless Towers OR-0018 South Salem-neuenschwande Salem/OR 44º 50' 15.83" N / 123º 0' 39.73" W 30 395