Arne, A thorough history of the Wahiawa CDAA, and its context in the broader HF DF community is available at:
http://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs/frd10/frd10-hawaii.pdf A photograph of the array is on Google Maps, enter this in the Google Maps search box: 21.52228 N, 158.01135 W 73 Frank W3LPL ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:28:25 +0000 (UTC) >From: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Topband: Elephant Cage Antennas >To: William Hein <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] > >If one visits Oahu the opportunity to see another one does exist (probably >easier to talk the XYL into a trip to HAWAII). I did some work with the US >Army on Oahu a few years back and did see the installation from a distance. >Its located in the NE corner of grid BL01xm, or -158.01135W, 21.52228N. I >used this map site to get the location info: >http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/fullScreen.php > > >Arne N7KA >----- Original Message ----- >I would love to have one of the giant DF antennas! Wow! Makes a Four Square >(or even a W0UN-style Nine Circle) array look anemic. >The James Bamford book on NSA "Body of Secrets" has many references to >Elephant Cage rx arrays. >Here's a great picture of ANFLR-9 array: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ANFLR-9_antenna_array.jpg >The associated Wikipedia entry is interesting: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FLR-9 >Bill >_______________________________________________ >UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
