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

Daniel Arney, Jr. hankarn at pacbell.net
Mon Jun 4 05:26:46 EDT 2007


Guys, The antenna is a VOR/DME Doppler Correcting antenna array. They due this due to close pxoimity of buildings so VOR/DME   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  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.
That's a VOR array if I ever saw one.

No big mystery.

/m

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