[R-390] Whazzat? Mystery Antenna in San Jose, CA

[mikea]

On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 11:02:03PM -0400, Barry Hauser wrote:
> Hi Andy and gang...
> 
> It might not be a good idea to run a thread about airport installations 
> at this particular time, all things considered (check the breaking news) ;-)
> 
> Could it be some kind of ILS thing?  Or have they phased that out.  (ILS 
> for glidepath guidance when landing, as I recall.)
> 
> Barry
> 
> 
> 
> James A. (Andy) Moorer wrote:
> >At the end of the runway of the airport in San Jose, California, there 
> >is the oddest antenna. It looks for all the world like a 
> >mini-Wullenweber "Elephant Cage". What it is doing in suburban San 
> >Jose I'll never know.
> >
> >Here are some pix:
> >
> >http://www.jamminpower.com/images/Antenna/Antenna.html
> >
> >Anybody know what this is all about? It doesn't seem to be connected 
> >to the airport.

VOR/DME antenna. See <http://www.trevord.com/navaids/lam.htm>

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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Tired old sysadmin