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Building was not there in the old Microwave days. If they ran those now it was cause cancer irradiating those in the office building next door.
This is where I betray my ignorance of both photography and antennas. No need for more than one person to tell me I'm wrong--I don't want to start a tangent that derails people actually laughing! :D

To me, it looks like the microwave antenna in the photo would send the beam between the viewer and the office building. Of course, if the antenna isn't highly directional, the minor lobes will zap people in the office building.
 
We were encouraged to do so on the Mormon Church parking lot. (only parking lot big enough) How else to learn how to correct skids and slides without real world experience.
More times than not there was a waiting line, that often included one or more of the local law enforcement rigs.
 
This is where I betray my ignorance of both photography and antennas. No need for more than one person to tell me I'm wrong--I don't want to start a tangent that derails people actually laughing! :D

To me, it looks like the microwave antenna in the photo would send the beam between the viewer and the office building. Of course, if the antenna isn't highly directional, the minor lobes will zap people in the office building.

These Point to Point Microwave antennas, used back in the olden days to trunk long distance calls before AT&T sold them to MCI, are very directional.

You can see it is a dish like covered by a flat weather drum; it would 'beam' right into that window. The newer building was not there back in the olden days.

My downtown's AT&T building has the same problem, if it's still standing. It's been a long time since I was down that road...

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Edit: The antenna at the top is a 'Horn" antenna, where the emitter is in the cone at the bottom, and the beam hits an RF mirror to direct it out the side.
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In another forum I use, we have this thread going and it's currently over 730 pages.

Just post pics that make you laugh. Discussion not necessary. Keep it PG-13 please.

I'll start:


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omgosh this made me laugh today. I feel bad for the guy who lost his package haha
 

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