Antenna farm
![The dish farm at the Raisting Satellite Earth Station complex and Telehouse, Germany's largest satellite communications facility in Raisting, Bavaria, Germany.](/Images/godic/202412/21/Erdfunkstelle_Raisting_33209.jpg")
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![Antennas on Mount Wilson, covered in ice](/Images/godic/202412/21/Mt_Wilson_antenna_farm_winter3209.jpeg")
![Antennas on Sweat Mountain.](/Images/godic/202412/21/Sweat_Mountain_antenna_farm3209.JPG")
Antenna farm or satellite dish farm or just dish farm are terms used to describe an area dedicated to television or radio telecommunications transmitting or receiving antenna equipment, such as C, Ku or Ka band satellite dish antennas, UHF/VHF/AM/FM transmitter towers or mobile cell towers. The history of the term "antenna farm" is uncertain, but it dates to at least the 1950s.