SCANNING: Photographing antennas and tower sites

FEATURED PHOTOS: Ever catch yourself snapping skyhooks? This is our new feature sharing digital images

For as long as I have been a radio hobbyist, I have found myself taking photos of antennas and tower sites. When I started out in the hobby as a kid, the photos were few and far between because any photos would have to be developed and printed, a cost a young person doesn’t want to absorb too often.

This unusual antenna facility is located along a major highway in the western United States and grabs attention from motorists. Learn more about it in the article below. | Photo by Chuck Gysi | N2DUP | editor and publisher

With digital cameras and cell phones offering extensive photo-taking capability these days, it’s as easy as SEE … AIM … SNAP to grab a photo you want to look back on or share with others.

Welcome to the start of Featured Photos, a new column with National Communications Magazine in which we will share photos of antennas and tower sites. We hope this column becomes interactive. We see so many photos of antennas and towers posted on social media, and if you’re like me, you love looking at these photos trying to figure out how they are used. Read below how you can participate with NatCom.