Brings back some fond memories! As a young A1C arriving for my first tour at Misawa AB in 1981 I was given the task to TDR every cable in the FLR-9 from the Goniometer to each element and repair any issues.
Gary Mitchelson N3JPU Davidsonville, MD FM18 http://www.mitchelson.org/ -----Original Message----- From: topband-boun...@contesting.com [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of donov...@starpower.net Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 20:11 To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Elephant Cage Antennas >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
