[GreenKeys] That's not a RTTY station........

[Bruce Gentry]

I doubt any newer antenna syatems could equal the spectacle of RCA radio 
central on Long island, NY.  If the entire system had been built, it 
would have been unbelievable.  Before that could happen, the value of 
the "garbage" short wave bands was discovered, and brute force ELF 
systems were relegated to a few specialized  uses.  When was commercial 
RTTY introduced? Was it FSK, AFSK, or something else?

       Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY


On 1/24/20 10:23 AM, Duncan Brown wrote:
> Looks like HF communications and/or intercept. Most likely US government.
>
> The towers with big arms are big Log-Periodic, rotatable antennas, 
> probably covering 2-30 Mhz. I've never seen any that big, though.
>
> Near the center of the site, the big diagonal towers surrounding an LP 
> tower are probably supporting other wire antenna elements. Sort of 
> reminiscent of the Wullenweber, AN/FLR-9, electrically steered, DF 
> antenna.
>
> Interesting!
>
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
> USASA
>
> On 1/23/2020 22:27, E. wrote:
>> There is something similar near Omaha, Ne… just up the road from me.  
>> I pinned it here on Google Maps:
>>
>> https://goo.gl/maps/U9aPS2gFTPcJ3Z8S7
>>
>> (check out street view on the road boarding it, to the north)
>>
>> I’ve been by it once before and it’s some kind of an antenna array… 
>> looks to be a communications arm of the Air Force - possibly 
>> associated with Offutt.  Any clue what these antenna arrays could be 
>> used for???
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