[Elecraft] OT Wullenweber Array

[Terry Conboy]

At 11:02 AM 2006-12-01, Phil Kane wrote:
>On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:40:47 -0700, Bob Cunnings wrote:
> >While we're at it, I remember that an FRD-10 was in operation at NSGA
> >San Diego which we called the "Dinosaur Cage". That was eons ago,
> >don't know if it still exists.
>
>   Imperial Beach.  AFAIK it's been gone for quite a while.  When
>   I first joined the FCC in the late Sixties, there were several
>   such monitoring installations that were co-located with NSG
>   facilities using their Type Ws.

The huge array in Imperial Beach was still there when I passed it 
last month.  It's hard to miss!
http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=872&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=32.593603,-117.129053&z=17
(The text on this page is confusing: the Navy Training Center 
referred to is in San Diego.)

 From http://www.nbc.navy.mil/index.asp?fuseaction=information.infoWhoWeAre
The Silver Strand Training Complex, formerly known as the Naval Radio 
Receiving Facility, has become the premier training facility for the 
Navy's special forces. This facility is referred to locally as, the 
"elephant cage", which is the nickname of the large "Wollan Weber" 
circular antenna. The antenna area was used to provide primary 
communication links for the Navy's submarine community. Today this 
450-acre facility provides an excellent training environment with 
waterborne approaches from both the Pacific Ocean and San Diego Bay 
sides. The city-like layout of the base also provides a realistic 
site for critical urban warfare training.

So what if they can't spell the name of the array...

73, Terry N6RY
Carlsbad, CA