[Lowfer] GWEN, anyone remember it?

Sat, 3 Jan 2004 16:31:10 -0600

There is a decommissioned GWEN site at Arnold AFB where I work.
The buildings now house a UHF trunking system. Apparently there
were at least a half dozen whole sites stored there at one time,
as the gutted shelters are everywhere. ( Still don't have the coils
delivered, so no pics yet!! )

>I have a recording of GWEN transmissions around here somewhere, sounds like
>packet.  I hear there are a handfull of voice transmission recordings from
>these sites as well, but I have yet to get a copy.  There is a GWEN site
>about 2 hours drive from me, up and running, or at least on stand by.  A
>nice site with a 300' LF tower and the VHF/UHF command/control antenna
>mounted on top of a stainless steel (!) light pole near the front gate.
>Someone goes out there and services it every so often, and keeps eveything
>polished and dusted quite nicely, even the grounds are raked.  The last
>person to service the station left the gates unlocked when he left...
>
>Kurt
>
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