RAF Mormond Hill in Scotland, and what was referred to back then as
"Site 41, NATO, Location Classified". Getting there and back was a real
hoot, and all my expense reports said on them was "Top Secret - pay as
recorded, no receipts allowed"
I was told that just before decommissioning in (I think) 1992, NATO, the
Danish Air Force, and the USAF acknowledged the presence of a "radar and
communications station known as Site 41" in the Faeroe Islands. There
was also a LORAN-C station there, and some Navy comm equipment of some
sort in one of the tropo radio rooms. Don't know why the location was
classified - the Russian Navy watched it being built and monitored it
continuously...
Steve
On 4/13/2012 9:09 PM, J. L. Trantham wrote:
Where did you do troposcatter? I was a co-op student with AT&T and worked
on their troposcatter system from Homestead, FL, to Nassau, Bahamas.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On
Behalf Of Steve Krull
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:06 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
Too bad there wasn't an amateur radio allocation at 902 MHz in the early
1970's - the troposcatter stations I serviced would have been awesome -
2x 10Kw into paired 60' dishes, but no az or el control!
73,
Steve
On 4/13/2012 7:50 PM, paul swed wrote:
Hmmm nat hist. Makes for a good challenge.
I was successful in the Navy at hiding antennas on the ships mast and
barracks.
Suspect I could have had a bit more trouble as I think about it these
days.
Regards
Paul
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Steve<steve-kr...@cox.net> wrote:
Paul,
I believe I read in an earlier post that someone was using one of these
with a Tbolt, which is 5 volts to the antenna. Hope I'm not mistaken! I
didn't hear any rattles when I shook the unit so I'm keeping my fingers
crossed. They do appear to be pretty rugged so I'm hoping for the best.
The
reply from the seller ignored my poor packing complaint and said "this is
used, it can not all are the same. our guaranteed is you can ask for
refund
if it can not works." I assume they have a boatload of them bought very
cheaply and they are playing the odds that they will make more from
replacing a few that don't survive shipping than they would if they spent
a
bit more on packing material for all shipments.
We live in a National Historic District so no outdoor antennas here. My
antennas are in the attic above the third floor, putting them about 40 ft
AGL. So far the shingled roof hasn't been a major obstacle and the GPS
antennas are above the HVAC ductwork. I'll see if there's any difference
between this antenna and the HP that's on the Z3816 now.
73,
Steve
WB0DBS
On Apr 13, 2012, at 1:52 PM, paul swed<paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote:
Steve will be interesting to hear how it goes. Thats a reasonable price
it
seems and the antenna looks like it could handle abuse pretty well. Any
idea if its a 5 volt unit or actually any other detail?
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Steve Krull<steve-kr...@cox.net>
wrote:
Just got mine, from "Just_for_survive" on eBay. Poorest packing job
I've
ever seen for an international package. Three wraps of newsprint and a
thin
padded envelope. I'll know this weekend if its operational.
Steve
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
My Lucent antenna arrived today. I scrounged some adapters
and connected it to my Thunderbolt. Two birds were visible
with AMU> 4 when I held the antenna. My Droid 3 could not
see any birds through the wet roof.
The unit has some dings and scrapes but no visible corrosion.
I am tempted to take it apart but don't wish to break a unit
which seems to be working well.
Has anyone compared this antenna with the mushroom that
came from China with the used Thunderbolts???
--
Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R c...@omen.com www.omen.com
Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 503-614-0430
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