[R-390] Unusual Facility in UK

[Barry]

I think the link is:

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page1076.html

Barry - N4BUQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charles bolland" <KA4PRF at peoplepc.com>
To: <odyslim at comcast.net>; <ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com>;
<r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Unusual Facility in UK


> I haven't seen the photo you are all talking about, but from your
> description, it seems like you are talking about a Wullenweber antenna
> array?
>
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <odyslim at comcast.net>
> To: <ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:49
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Unusual Facility in UK
>
>
> > My father was an HF DFer for the army for many years.I remember
> > him telling me of such arrays. He would travel to remote sites all over
> > the world and help organize the installation of them. They also used
> > specially modified R391's that could be tuned from remote transmitters
> > so the site could be unmanned.
> >
> >  Scott W3CV
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> >
> > > I was wondering if any other members of the r-390 group saw the
picture
> in
> > > the Listeners Emails column in the Art Bell Coast To Coast AM website
> recently?
> > > A listener sent in a satellite picture of an AN/FLR-9 "Elephant Cage"
HF
> DF
> > > antenna array and was wondering if any readers might know what it was.
I
> was one
> > > of about 60 replies he got that correctly identified it as one of the
> large
> > > HF DF antenna arrays. It is a nice overhead picture showing the array
at
> RAF
> > > Chicksands looking kind of like a large round clock face from above.
It
> turns
> > > out the man who sent in the picture already knew what it was, he was
> just
> > > testing Art Bell's fans to see what kind of crazy responses he might
> get! He
> > > thought he would get emails from people telling him it was a landing
> site for
> > > UFO's!
> > > He said he was surprised and very impressed there were so many
> knowledgeable
> > > people out there who knew what it was. I think there are several
members
> of
> > > this group who have actually operated an Elephant Cage array? I would
> love to
> > > hook up an R-390A to one of those arrays and sit down for a couple of
> hours of
> > > nice AM BC band DXing! You can still see the picture for the next day
or
> two
> > > on Art Bells website. Look in the column under Listeners Emails. 73
Todd
> > > WD4NGG
> > >
> > > http://www.coasttocoastam.com/
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