Engineering:Telecommunications tower
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Telecommunications towers are radio masts and towers built primarily to hold telecommunications antennas. As such antennas often have a large area and must be precisely pointed out, such towers have to be built so, that they do not much swing in the wind. So very stable structure types like low lattice towers and towers built of reinforced concrete are used in most cases, although also guyed masts are used.
Different types of towers may be built based on requirements. These could be:
- Lattice type (as mentioned above) - where a large number of antennas need to be mounted[1]
- Guyed towers - designed for ease of use and to provide versatility[1]
- Monopole towers - where space, zoning, or weather restrictions apply[1]
- Camouflage towers - where the visual impact of the tower needs to be reduced[1]
- Self-support towers - most flexible and usable for most wireless applications[1]
- Mobile cell towers - used for temporary requirements.[1]
See also
- Telecommunications Tower (aka Antel Tower)
- Telecommunication Tower of US-Forces Heidelberg, an 80 metre tall telecommunication tower of the US Army in Europe on the mountain Königsstuhl, which is part of the City of Heidelberg at 49°24′8″N 8°43′59″E / 49.40222°N 8.73306°E / 49.40222; 8.73306
- Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg, a 102 meter tall (originally 80m, raised to 102m in the 80s) telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete in the late 1950s at 49°24′10″N 8°43′51″E / 49.40278°N 8.73083°E / 49.40278; 8.73083 on the mountain Königsstuhl near Heidelberg, Germany
- Telecommunication Tower Bungsberg
- Telecommunication Tower Lohmar-Birk
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