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Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI): unknown
Geolocation (GL) code: unknown
Address: south side of Timber Creek Rd., about of 0.3 mi. west of Swarts Rd., Lee County, IL
Latitude: N41-52-22 (41.87278) approx.
Longitude: W89-32-15 (-89.53750) approx.
Elevation: unknown
Location: unknown
Active AT&T Callsigns: none
Canceled AT&T Callsigns: WAH621
Dixon's physical facilities consist of a self-supporting steel-lattice tower and an equipment building.
Thanks to Terry Michaels for contributing this information.
Dixon was an auxiliary (relay) station on a four-hop microwave link (view additional details) from the Lee, IL main station to the Hanover, IL earth station (Hanover C.S.). From Lee, the hops to Dixon, Chadwick and Elizabeth used 4 GHz TD-3D equipment.
The link was brought on line around 1974, and retired in 1986. According to neighbors the 2 horn antennas aimed at Dixon on the 240 foot tower at Lee were removed by helicopter shortly thereafter. AT&T sold the towers and land at Dixon, Chadwick and Elizabeth in 1988. The earth station and the 11 GHz link tower were dismantled around 1994.
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Created on January 2, 2003 at 18:47 by Albert LaFrance