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MICROWAVE TOWERS SITES

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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KELLER PEAK (Photo American Tower Corp)	Keller Peak: Type: Junction/Switched, AT&T TD-2 Location: San Bernardino Mountains atop Keller Peak. Paths: Ranger, San Bernardino and Phelan Notes: One of the highest sites in the California system. This one is 7824 feet above sea level.
KELSO (Photo American Tower Corp)	Kelso Type: Junction/Switched Location: North side of the Kelso Mountains about 64 miles east of Dagget. Very Remote Paths: Cima, Granite Pass, Hector, Turquoise. Notes: Kelso was a major interchange point between the west-east microwave paths of the south and south-mid Mojave routes. (Two of five major paths transitioning east to west from Southern California). Built 1962
LA 03 MADISON COMPLEX	Los Angeles Madison Complex Type: Junction/Switched/Toll Office Location: Downtown Los Angeles on Olive Street Paths: Arcadia, Padua Hills, Santiago Peak, Anaheim, Corona Del Mar, Los Angeles 09 (Richmond), Oat Mountain and Mount Gleason. Notes: The most important microwave site in Southern California, almost all Socal long distance traffic was routed though this site before the journey south, east , or north. Stylized tower design was necessary to receive a permit from the city to construct in the early 1960s. For more info see: Los Angeles Madison Complex
LUCERNE VALLEY (Photo American Tower Corp)	Lucerne Valley Type: Repeater Location: North side of White Mountains near Grapevine Canyon. About 15 miles southeast of Hesperia. Remote Paths: Lytle Creek and Bess Notes: Built 1962
LYTLE CREEK (Photo American Tower Corp)	Lytle Creek Type: Repeater Location: Just east of San Sevaine Flats in the San Gabriel Mountains. About 7 miles from Ontario. Remote Paths: Lucerne Valley, San Bernardino, Ontario and Olinda Notes: Built 1962
MOJAVE MOJAVE COMPOUND (Photos Daryl Gibson)	Mojave Type: Junction/Switched Location: Just north of US-58 and northwest of Edwards Air Force Base. Paths: Bird Springs and High Vista. Notes: For more pictures and information see: Mojave
MOUNT EMMA (Photo American Tower Corp)	Mount Emma Type: Repeater Location: Atop Mount Emma, 9 miles southeast of Palmdale. Paths: High Vista and Mount Gleason Notes:
MOUNT GLEASON (Photo American Tower Corp)	Mount Gleason Type: Repeater Location: Atop Mount Gleason, 15 miles north of Pasadena. Remote Paths: Mount Emma and Los Angeles 03 (Madison) Notes:
MOUNTAIN PASS (Photo American Tower Corp)	Mountain Pass: Type: Repeater Location: East end of Mohawk Hill near Mountain Pass Paths: Searchlight (Nevada) and Turquoise Notes:
NEWHALL	Newhall Type: Repeater/Cable Junction Location: In the City of Newhall. Paths: Hauser Mountain and Whitaker. Notes: An aesthetically designed microwave structure due to the location of the site in a industrial/residential area. For more pics/info see: NEWHALL
OAT MOUNTAIN (Photo American Tower Corp)	Oat Mountain Type: Junction/Switched Location: Atop Oat Mountain Paths: Hauser Mountain, Los Angeles 03 (Madison), Sherman Oaks, Trifuno Pass and Hall Canyon Notes: A major switching point for Socal traffic going west along the costal route or north up and over the Grapevine (Tehachapi Mountains). Also was the switching point for satellite traffic coming from the Triunfo Pass Ground Station.
OLINDA (Photo American Tower Corp)	Olinda. Type: Repeater Location: In the western Chino Hills about 4 miles northeast of Brea. Paths: Arcadia and Lytle Creek Notes: Built 1962
ONTARIO	Ontario Type: Junction/Switched/Toll Office Location: Downtown Ontario at the Verizon "Ontario" Central Office Paths: Lytle Creek and Corona Notes: Toll office for long distance call coming in/out of the Inland Empire. Formally GTE now Verizon office.
OWLSHEAD (Photo American Tower Corp)	Owlshead Type: Repeater Location: In the Owlshead Mountains Paths: Slate and Ibex Notes:
PADUA HILLS (Photo American Tower Corp)	Padua Hills Type: Repeater Location: In the Marshall Canyon Regional Park, in the hills just north of Claremont. Paths: Strawberry Peak and LA 03 Madison Notes:
PHELAN (Photo American Tower Corp)	Phelan Type: Repeater Location: About 5 miles northeast of Phelan. Remote Paths: Strawberry Peak and High Vista Notes:
RANGER (Photo American Tower Corp)	Ranger Type: Junction/Switched Location: Atop Ranger Peak in the San Jacinto Mountains about 25 miles east of Riverside. Paths: Joshua Tree, Sage, Riverside RS, Keller Peak and San Bernardino. Notes: Built 1963 Current Pictures: now dehorned :-( RANGER
REDONDA MESA	Redonda Mesa Type: Repeater Location: Atop Redonda Mesa, about 11 miles west of Temecula. Remote. Paths: Oceanside and San Clemente Notes: A interesting tower design and a more recent addition to the AT&T system having been constructed in 1981. For more pictures of Redonda Mesa REDONDA MESA
SAGE (Photo American Tower Corp)	Sage Type: Repeater Location: Along the east end of the Magee Hills about 15 miles east of Temecula. Paths: Ranger, Julian and Wildomar Notes:
SALTON (Photo Wayne Hayes)	Salton Type: Repeater Location: West of the Salton Sea near State Route 86. Paths: Julian and Brawley Notes:
SAN BERNARDINO	San Bernardino Type: Junction/Switched/Toll Office Location: Downtown San Bernardino. Paths: Keller Peak, Ranger, Box Springs, Santiago Peak, Lytle Creek and Strawberry Peak. Notes: For more detailed information see: AT&T San Bernardino Regional Office
SAN CLEMENTE (Photo American Tower Corp)	San Clemente Type: Repeater Location: In the coastal hills about 2 miles east of San Clemente Paths: Redondo Mesa, San Marcos, Corona Del Mar. Notes:
SAN DIEGO (University)	San Diego (University) Type: Junction/Switched/Toll Office Location: University and Robinson Streets in Hillcrest, San Diego. Paths: Black Mountain, Boucher Hill, Crest, Julian Notes: Main Tandem Central Office for the San Diego region.

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