Cartersville in Bartow County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Harris II - Meter Satellite Earth Station Antenna

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 16, 2025

1. Harris II - Meter Satellite Earth Station Antenna Marker

Inscription. Harris II-meter antennas are used worldwide for a variety of applications, including telephone networks, television uplinks, and private networks for corporations and newspapers.

This antenna was originally installed in LaGrange, Georgia, in December 1980 by Dow Jones. It was used from 1981 until 2005 to transmit the Wall Street Journal for printing and distribution in the Southeast. When the dish was decommissioned it was brought to Tellus.

The dish can also be used as a radio telescope. It can detect radio waves from strong sources such as the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Maximum Height 46 feet 5 inches
Diameter 36 feet
Reflector Surface Aluminum with heat-diffusing white paint
Receive Frequency 3.7 to 4.2 GHz
Transmit Frequency 5.925 to 6.425 GHz

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Communications • Science & Medicine.

Location. 34° 14.473′ N, 84° 46.237′ W. Marker is in Cartersville, Georgia, in Bartow County. It is on Tellus Drive 0.1 miles north of William Drive, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Tellus Dr, White GA 30184, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker

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, measured as the crow flies: ca. 1997 HD785-3 Komatsu Dump Truck (within shouting distance of this marker); ca. 1960 Euclid Dump Truck (within shouting distance of this marker); ca. 1930 Whitcomb 15-ton Model 15DM4 Locomotive (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); ca. 1925 P&H Dragline Model 206 (about 400 feet away); Rowland Springs (approx. 2.1 miles away); Felton Home (approx. 2.9 miles away); Confederate Memorial Cassville Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away); Grave of Gen. William Tatum Wofford (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cartersville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 16, 2025

2. Harris II - Meter Satellite Earth Station Antenna Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 93 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 11, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.