[ARC5] German Tank Radios

Todd, KA1KAQ ka1kaq at gmail.com
Mon Feb 22 11:20:47 EST 2010


On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I believe the place y'all are talking about was Vint Hill Farms.  It is about 35 miles SW of Dulles Airport in Virginia, later known as Vint Hill Station.  It was taken over as a listening post in WWII when Rommel's communications were intercepted by a SWL listener there.  Obviously, its proximity to Wash DC worked in its favor also.   It was later developed as a military base, but apparently was closed in 1996.

IIRC, wasn't the 'Pearl Harbor' radar set up there was well?

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4


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