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Antennas
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Half-mast time nears for the stick antenna
Business |
January 23, 2008
An automotive appendage that often goes unnoticed – unless it loses a battle with the automatic car wash – is disappearing in the face of changing technology, tastes and economics. Read more
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Edison agrees to Santa Ana Wi-Fi testing
Business |
February 22, 2007
Southern California Edison Co. Read more
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Irvine Rejects Cell Antennas; Sprint Appeals
California | Local |
June 21, 2006
Irvine, a master-planned community where few things are out of place,
is in the midst of a messy debate over a cellular telephone company’s
plan to install antennas that local residents say would blight their neighborhood. Read more
Friday, May 26, 2006
NASA’s Communications to Deep Space `Fragile’
National |
May 26, 2006
The aging global antenna network that keeps NASA in touch with its
most distant space probes is fragile and may not be able to meet
rising demands for its services, according to a government report. Read more
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Mixed signals?
News |
September 14, 2004
At least 30 national parks sprout cellphone towers and antennas, a
new government survey shows, and some environmentalists fear a forest
of steel and concrete will spring up unless the National Park Service
cracks down. Read more
Friday, August 13, 2004
Court Refuses to Rule on Radio Antenna
California | Local |
August 13, 2004
The state’s top court has declined to intervene in the legal fight
over the completion of a $21.5-million public safety radio system. Read more
Thursday, September 4, 2003
So retro, so high-tech
Home & Garden |
September 4, 2003
Want to see your favorite network shows and sporting events in
high-definition television, the state of the art in digital TV technology? Read more
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Plan for Phone Antenna on Cross Is Up in the Air
California | Local |
October 30, 2002
A call from the Trinity United Methodist Church congregation to keep
a cellular phone antenna off the cross atop the sanctuary has led
officials to reconsider the placement. Read more
Wednesday, May 1, 2002
Making Cell Towers Do a Vanishing Act
California | Local |
May 1, 2002
When it comes to cellular-telephone antennas, officials in the
year-old town of Aliso Viejo have something more fashionable than
faux palm trees, phony water towers and slightly deformed light poles
in mind. Read more
Sunday, March 24, 2002
Schools Give Cell Firms Warm Reception
California | Local |
March 24, 2002
Cellular phone companies looking to boost coverage in their busiest
markets are finding enthusiastic partners in cash-strapped school
districts Wireless carriers are paying tens of thousands of dollars in rent
each year to dozens of Southern California school districts for
places to put relay equipment and towers that help plug gaps in phone service. Read more
Thursday, June 14, 2001
Forest of Towers Draws a Special Kind of Lumberjack
California | Local |
June 14, 2001
Train your telescope on the top of Mt. Read more
Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Cell Phone Antennas Spring Up All Over
California | Local |
May 9, 2001
In the past they’ve tried to camouflage the things inside phony
palm trees and behind fake parapets. Read more
Thursday, April 12, 2001
Cutoff of Vatican Radio Put on Hold
News |
April 12, 2001
The Italian government backed off on a threatened shutdown of
Vatican Radio and said it would give the broadcaster until the end of the
month to negotiate a reduction in its electromagnetic emissions. Read more
Wednesday, April 11, 2001
Vatican Offer in Radio Tower Dispute Rejected
News |
April 11, 2001
The government called a Vatican Radio offer to reduce transmissions
“absolutely insufficient” and warned that it will pull the plug on
broadcasts unless the Vatican complies with Italian laws governing
electromagnetic emissions. Read more
Friday, January 12, 2001
Coastal Panel Delays Vote on Marblehead
California | Local |
January 12, 2001
The California Coastal Commission on Thursday approved a cell phone
tower in Seal Beach, voted to scrutinize a spa in Dana Point and delayed
ruling on a contentious plan to build a gated community and outlet center
in San Clemente. Read more
Wednesday, December 13, 2000
Tollway Towers Soon May Sport Oil-Derrick Look
California | Local |
December 13, 2000
Toll-road officials say they have settled on a more subdued and
rustic design for several mobile-telephone antennas to be built along the
Eastern tollway. Read more
Monday, December 4, 2000
Big Fund Bets on UCLA Prof
Business |
December 4, 2000
Venture capitalists say they often hear of the best ideas in
strange places. Read more
Wednesday, November 1, 2000
IRVINE
California | Local |
November 1, 2000
The city’s Community Services Commission will meet tonight to
consider new policies for installing telecommunications towers and
wireless facilities. Read more
Wednesday, October 25, 2000
MISSION VIEJO
California | Local |
October 25, 2000
At its meeting Monday, the Planning Commission approved a petition
from Verizon Wireless to attach 12 antennas and a microwave dish to an
existing Southern California Edison transmission tower. Read more
