[ARC5] NAA Cutler, ME

mac w7qho at aol.com
Tue Nov 26 22:23:18 EST 2013


So, of course, full-size anenna elements not feasible.  The "modified"  
Goliath antenna at NSS used a 1200 ft central tower and a huge top  
loading array supported by adjacent towers.  This "top-hat" was  
reputed to weigh as much as a destroyer.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Nov 26, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:

> It is particularly interesting that a 1/4 wave antenna at those VLF
> frequencies is about 2.5 KM tall. That is about 1.5 miles. Some
> antenna!



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