[Milsurplus] Khodovarikha Meteorological Station

[Al Klase]

I used to have one. See my webpage 
<http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/commrx/Volna/Volna.html>.  More in Russian 
HERE <http://www.cqham.ru/trx/volna.html>. (There's a link to the 
schematic at the bottom of this page.

Al

On 10/25/2021 6:07 AM, Mike Feher wrote:
>
> I do have one of those Volna receivers with numerous NOS spare tubes 
> for it. 73- Mike
>
> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
>
> 89 Arnold Blvd.
>
> Howell NJ 07731
>
> 848-245-9115
>
> *From:* milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> <milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On Behalf Of *Hubert Miller
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 24, 2021 4:58 PM
> *To:* milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* [Milsurplus] Khodovarikha Meteorological Station
>
> National Geographic, 12 - 2020, "Arctic Dreaming", pages 108 - 127.
>
> "Wind blown snow swirls past abandoned buildings keeping cold vigil 
> over the empty streets of Dikson.
>
> Once the centerpiece of Soviet dreams to develop the Arctic, the port 
> town was slowly deserted after
>
> the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991." Town had population 5000 in 
> 1980s prime; now abandoned
>
> and interior of buildings looking like Chernobyl. Open books, 
> children's toys, a derelict piano... Dikson
>
> is almost directly below island of Novaya Zemlaya in Kara Sea. Article 
> says Germans attempted to seize
>
> it in WWII - maybe to interdict convoy traffic ?
>
> Also, this photo: weather reporting radio station at Khodovarikha 
> Meteorological Station, a one - person
>
> station still taking measurements. "Outside the station I could hear 
> ice shifting and grinding, and the wind
>
> making the radio wires whistle. Inside it was quiet, with only 
> Korotki's footsteps and a creaking door
>
> marking the passage of time. Every three hours he'd leave, then 
> return, muttering observations to himself...
>
> which he would then report over a crackling old radio to a person he 
> had never seen", in Archangelsk,
>
> 500 miles away. This station is on the Barents Sea, approximately 
> across from the bottom of Novaya
>
> Zemlaya island. I recognize the receiver as a "Volna" HF receiver, 
> Russian navy. At one time, many years
>
> back, seeing one in QST, I thought I wanted one. But they are big and 
> very heavy, and not I'm not
>
> interested in owning one now.
>
> I think I would say "No thanks!" to any job offer there.
>
> -Hue Miller
>
>
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-- 
Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net
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