[Milsurplus] new article on 1 mw USN Jim Creek transmitter site

[gl4d21a at juno.com]

Nick:

That's in the same league as some of the Omega stations.  The humongous antenna near Kaneohe, HI was removed in the 90s when Omega was supplanted by GPS.  Strung between two mountains at Pali Lookout.  To this day I have not found anyone who watched the removal.  It had to have been a heroic civil engineering effort on the par with the original installation, but the numb *** electronics types over there politely ignored it.  Couldn't have just cut it and dropped it, too many sacred sites below.  Videos?  Even still photos?  None offered.

73,
George
W5VPQ

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
To: Military Surplus Mail List <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Milsurplus] new article on 1 mw USN Jim Creek transmitter site
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 22:28:47 -0400

US Naval Radio Station (Transmitting) Jim Creek - I've created a new
page and added an extensive article from the March 1954 BuShips
Journal -
http://www.navy-radio.com/commsta/jimcreek.htm

Any 1 megawatt VLF transmitter set in a valley with an 8700' x 5500'
antenna slung between two 3000' mountains is worthy of admiration
.....

cheers,
Nick K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
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