crank up tower near the ET highway

www.lazygranch.com...

This tower was parked near the ET highway just east of the Cedar Pipeline ranch. I noticed two trucks hauling similar towers.

a reply to: gariac

maybe their moving a drone and are placing them along the route.
maybe the U.S. Gov is doing something that requires a secure network.

a reply to: hounddoghowlie

The antenna is more or less C-band, which is drone territory. However we don't know how much RF the antennas radiate towards the sky. Usually sector antennas are for ground use.

It is possible a search of fbo dot gov will turn up a contract. It is on my to-do list.

a reply to: gariac

Looks like Rudolph!

This intrigues me.. coming home to Reno..Nevada is getting hot. A secure network requires Utah. A lot of JANET flights as of late. Something is brewing..

a reply to: gariac

Similar FBO Contract

Similar Sector Antenna

Harris Ethernet Radio Antenna (PDF)

a reply to: oletimer
rf.harris.com...

This is the link to the Harris antenna.

rf.harris.com...

Link to Harris ethernet.

Was this taken the same day you spotted the 117 at KTNX?
Dots connected between the two, perhaps?

originally posted by: weavty1
Was this taken the same day you spotted the 117 at KTNX?
Dots connected between the two, perhaps?

This tower was the day after. Then a few days later I saw the trucks with more towers. I would say the towers are more likely to be Red Flag related.

I don't recall seeing any military vehicles that would be "users" of the network.

The crew associated with the tower came from the TTR via Cedar Gate.

This is the weather station.
www.climatronics.com...

originally posted by: gariac
a reply to: oletimer
rf.harris.com...

This is the link to the Harris antenna.

rf.harris.com...

Link to Harris ethernet.

Sweet unit! I could use me a couple of those, "Range >50 km clear Line of Site Point to Point"

Check out this link. The Marines were ground forces during this Red Flag. Perhaps they used the network.

www.defense.gov...

You can see some Harris gear I'd you go high res.

www.dvidshub.net...

I added a link to a video from one of the Marines. I could use some tips on how to hide "thermally."

a reply to: gariac

just spitballin again, you know Nevada is one of the states that their holding Jade Helm in.
could be using them for that.

This is another video from Marines at Red Flag.

www.dvidshub.net...

It is B-roll, so not much talking.