When was the concept of DAS first discussed in writing?
The idea was described in a paper by Saleh et al in 1987. Source: Wikipedia
Can You Name Nine Types of Concealed Towers?
Some of our favorite examples include: cactus, palm tree, pine tree, flagpole, church tower/bells, brick wall, art sculpture, windmill, water tower. What’d we miss? Send us what you’ve seen!
In What Years Were 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G Introduced, Respectively?
1G: 1983
2G: 1991
3G: 2000
4G: 2010
Source: Wiley Online Library, Towers, Turbines and Transmission Lines: Impacts on Property Value, First Edition
When Was the First “Palm Tree” Cell Tower Created?
In the mid-’90s, Ivo Branislav Lazic (who worked for a telecommunications service company called Brolaz Projects) and his colleague Aubrey Trevor Thomas were commissioned by Vodacom to solve the visual pollution problem cell phones presented.
Lazic and Thomas came up with the world’s first palm tree cell phone tower. The Palm Pole Tower, made from non-toxic plastics, was installed in Cape Town in 1996. Source: Wired
Typically, how tall is a monopole tower?
d) 100-200 ft. Source: Steel in the Air
What happened during the Kansas fog disaster in 1998?
At least 5,000, possibly 10,000 birds died on January 22, 1998 in western Kansas. There was dense fog and aviation safety lights on a 420-foot radio tower reflected off the fog, disorienting migrating birds. Flocks circled the tower and many collided with the other and supporting cables. Source: Amazing Bird Facts and Trivia
When was the first mobile phone call made?
The world’s first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, when Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival telecommunications company and informed them he was speaking via a mobile phone. The phone Cooper used, weighed 1.1kg and measured in at 228.6x127x44.4mm. With this prototype device, you got 30 minutes of talk-time and it took around 10 hours to charge. Source: KnowYourMobile.com
Which tower was the first tower in the world to be built in reinforced concrete?
The Stuttgart TV tower was the first tower in the world to be built in reinforced concrete. It was designed in 1956 by the local civil engineer Fritz Leonhard. Source: Wikipedia
What is the tallest telecommunication tower in the United States and where is it located?
The KVLY-TV mast (formerly the KTHI-TV mast) is a 2,063 ft (628.8 m) tall television-transmitting mast in Blanchard, Traill County, North Dakota, United States, used by Fargo station KVLY-TV channel 11. Completed in 1963, it was the tallest structure in the world until succeeded by the Warsaw radio mast in 1974, which collapsed in 1991, again making the KVLY-TV mast the tallest structure in the world until the Burj Khalifa overtook it in 2010. It remains the fourth-tallest structure in the world (since the construction of the Tokyo Skytree and the Shanghai Tower), the tallest structure in the western hemisphere, and the tallest radio mast in the world. Source: Wikipedia