Comments on: What’s Going On, Sutro Tower?

By: Question: Several (likely lame) questions

Question: Several (likely lame) questions — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:04:02 +0000

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By: mightyOhm » Blog Archive » Sutro Tower Construction Updates, Photos, Links

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:33:00 +0000

[...] anyone who is interested in getting a closer look at the heavy construction on the tower, San Francisco resident Larry Kenny recently posted a link to his Sutro Tower webpages, which [...]

By: Sutro Comes ALIVE « Burrito Justice

Sutro Comes ALIVE « Burrito Justice — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:21:56 +0000

[...] The “north stack” is being upgraded just like the west stack last month. (And it’s well know that the first thing Sutro would like to attack are the container cranes [...]

By: Larry Kenney

Larry Kenney — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:50:59 +0000

For those interested in looking at photos of the on-going antenna project on Sutro Tower, check out the Sutro Tower pages on my web site. I have been adding photos of the old antennas coming down and the new antennas going up, as the fog has permitted.

You’ll find the photos and commentary at:
http://www.larrykenney.com/sutrotwr.html

The southeast and west masts are complete and work has begun on the northeast mast. KGO 7 is already using their new antenna atop the southeast mast. The UHF stations will change over to the new antennas when the project is complete. It’s scheduled to be completed about the end of October.

Larry Kenney
San Francisco

By: Fog 1, Sutro 0 « Burrito Justice

Fog 1, Sutro 0 « Burrito Justice — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:12:41 +0000

[...] week. It invades, retreats and lulls us into a false sense of security, and attacks once again. And it’s not satisfied with taking out just one antenna of Sutro — it’s slowly eating away at the rest of the [...]

By: Jim in Seattle

Jim in Seattle — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:55:36 +0000

FYI, the same crew that is currently replacing the three spires on the Mt Sutro tower just finished replacing the VHF antenna on top of the KIRO-7 (CBS) tower in Seattle, WA. They removed the vertical ‘stick’ antenna which weighed 12,000 pounds (yikes) and added 4 additional tower sections, then side-mounted the new UHF antenna near the top of the altered structure. It was a 2-week job and very interesting to watch happen. Prior to the Seattle job they redid a tower in Florida, so these guys certainly get around!
Jim in Seattle

By: Sutro Tower at Mount Sutro

Sutro Tower at Mount Sutro — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:45:23 +0000

[...] Photo Credit: David July Original Diagrams Credit: Sutro Tower, Inc. Original Photo Credit: Johnny0/Burrito Justice Original Photo Credit: David July Original Photo Credit: Marc Malonzo IV Original Photo Credit: [...]

By: David July

David July — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:59:38 +0000

Thank you for the nice comment. I have lots of new information to post but since you mentioned it here, I went ahead and updated the internet cameras section. In short, there IS a camera on the tower but I do not know of a public way to access it… yet. In the meantime, you can see a picture of the camera’s monitor showing the view: http://www.sutrotower.org/#webcam I have included a link to this page as well since it nicely documents one portion of the visible changes taking place during the DTV conversion project.

By: Loganotron » What’s Going on with Sutro Tower

Loganotron » What’s Going on with Sutro Tower — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:18:07 +0000

[...] Have you noticed that Sutro Tower has lost one of its spires? Burrito Justice has the answer. [...]

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:14:32 +0000

AT&T and Verizon are supposed to be starting trials in 2010. AT&T might actually jump above their 60% reliability rate! I'm just happy our friends at Google threatened to bid to ensure open access. Comcast = Jon Stewart + HBO/Showtime. But it really is absurd how much I am paying for cable.