A variety of radio antennas on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandia_Peak" class="extiw" title="w:Sandia Peak">Sandia peak</a>, near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" class="extiw" title="w:Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a>.  Radio transmitting antennas are often located on the highest geographical point in the area, such as mountain peaks, to give them the maximum transmission range, resulting in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/antenna_farm" class="extiw" title="w:antenna farm">antenna farms</a> like this.  The vertical rods are mainly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/whip_antenna" class="extiw" title="w:whip antenna">whip antennas</a>, often base station antennas used by dispatchers for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/land_mobile_radio_system" class="extiw" title="w:land mobile radio system">land mobile radio systems</a> for fire, police, ambulance, taxi, and delivery services.  The multiple identical antennas strung in a vertical line along towers are VHF <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/collinear_antenna_array" class="extiw" title="w:collinear antenna array">collinear array</a> broadcasting antennas for FM and television stations.  The large cylindrical antennas are shrouded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/parabolic_antenna" class="extiw" title="w:parabolic antenna">parabolic dishes</a> used for point-to-point <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/microwave_relay" class="extiw" title="w:microwave relay">microwave relay</a> links for internet and telephone companies.
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From <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radio_towers_on_Sandia_Peak.JPG" title="File:Radio towers on Sandia Peak.JPG">Radio towers on Sandia Peak.JPG</a>.  Alterations to image: cropped out periphery of image.