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Re: Topband: Amazing Video of an extremely large circular array

To: topband reflector <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Amazing Video of an extremely large circular array
From: James Rogers <jdrog@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:41:39 -0500
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Back in the day, we (US Army) had a 1/2 mile diameter, 100 feet high  
wire array located in south Florida. I routinely copied Russian  
aircraft taxing on the runways in Russia using cw.  This looks  
somewhat familiar.

N4DU


On Feb 10, 2012, at 10:30 AM, W0UCE wrote:

Frank:



I think the antenna in the video is a former Soviet Union "Cold War"  
version
of a German Wullenweber also known as a Circularly Disposed Antenna  
Array
(CDAA)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wullenweber



73,

Jack







Anyone want to try to build one?



73

Frank

W3LPL

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