Sutro Tower
San Francisco, California
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Current view of Sutro Tower
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Sutro Tower Antenna Location Diagrams
Viewed from East Side - Present Configuration
Changes are coming to Sutro Tower. With the transition from analog and digital transmissions
to digital only, there will be many changes necessary for the antenna configuration on the tower.
New auxiliary antennas for the UHF digital stations have been installed just below the waist of
the tower. On June 12, 2009, all analog television transmissions from Sutro Tower will be
discontinued. All of the antennas for the analog transmitters will then be removed from the
tower and new permanent antennas will be installed. Installation was scheduled for comple-
tion in October, 2009, but even with the four month delay of the transition, from February 17
to June 12, stations are reporting that the completion date will remain October 18, 2009.
Below is the diagram of the new antenna configuration.
Viewed from the East Side - New Configuration after all of the antenna work has been completed.
Photos of the new antenna installation work will be added to this page as the work progresses.
These new photos show the addition of the new auxiliary antennas for digital installed in April, 2009.
This is a view of the top of the tower showing the analog antennas at
the top, the temporary digital antennas, and the new auxiliary antennas.
This photo shows the temporary digital and new auxiliary antennas.
This is a close up of the temporary UHF antennas now being used for digital .
That's KSOL-FM's antenna hanging off the bottom.
This is a close up of the new UHF auxiliary antennas for digital.
Below is the section of the tower to watch after June 12th. All of these analog antennas will
be removed and new permanent antennas for digital operation will be installed in their place.
See diagram #2 above for the new permanent antenna arrangement atop the tower.
View of Sutro Tower at sunset
Top photos and text by Larry Kenney
Sunset photo photographer is unknown
Antenna configuration diagrams courtesy Sutro Tower, Inc.