Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 160, Issue 8

I too could not finish watching..sad. From: "topband-requ...@contesting.com" To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Friday, April 8, 2016 9:00 AM Subject: Topband Digest, Vol 160, Issue 8 Send Topband mailing list submissions to    

Re: Topband: VOA antenna farm

122.3 meters (401 feet) http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrResults.jsp;JSESSIONID_ASRSEARCH=X19LXLdBczTTxNbVJZ8Lb1Jn61nmF1BbRvQwxjgMCQWC8Qn3JL78!-1047012790!-1281443459?searchType=TRL 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message - From: "Tim Shoppa" To:

Re: Topband: VOA antenna farm

Hi Lee, It doesn't have to end this way... The U.S. Navy AN/FPS-12 Over the Horizon Radar (one of a series of 1960s and 1970s CHECKROTE HF radars ) in White House, Virginia was dismantled in 1987 to make way for the Navy's new AN/TPS-71 OTH radar. A commercial tower company owned by a

Re: Topband: VOA antenna farm

My suspicion is that the government saved tax dollars tearing it down this way. What's sad is that we are no longer interested in telling our story to the world through SW radio. Yeah, I know, "Da I nternet"...   Hard to believe that there wasn't some other way to save a buck than cutting

Topband: VOA antenna farm

These two sites are also gone now. Hauled away for scrap. Acres of stainless mesh wire ground plane as well. http://www.k7tjr.com/fps118_oth_radar.htm Lee K7TJR _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: VOA antenna farm

In my neighborhood, the WMAL site is being redeveloped for housing but I don't know exactly when the towers are coming down. 4 quarter-waves for 630kc so almost 400 feet each? Tim N3QE On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Dave Blaschke, w5un wrote: > This is almost sinful. What an

Re: Topband: VOA antenna farm

This is almost sinful. What an awful waste. Dave, W5UN On 4/8/2016 3:09 PM, william radice wrote: OMG, this is so sad I almost cried:'( :'( BILL K4OWR On 4/8/2016 9:30 AM, Katz Ajamas wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcsbny8PFZw _ Topband Reflector Archives -

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I didn't finish watching it. How many hams could have had their dreams met with the towers and cabling they strip mined. Our tax dollars in action. Gary KA1J > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcsbny8PFZw > _ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband >

Re: Topband: VOA antenna farm

OMG, this is so sad I almost cried:'( :'( BILL K4OWR On 4/8/2016 9:30 AM, Katz Ajamas wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcsbny8PFZw > _ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives -

Topband: VOA antenna farm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcsbny8PFZw _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband