The Soviet Krug array was a much smaller than the array in the video, nearly
identical to the World War II German Wullenweber array. The Krug construction
techniques were far different and much less expensive than those shown in the
video.
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Krug_Antenna_Circles_02_Russia_West.html
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ak1l3tgYH-k/SkBLkkkfXVI/AAAAAAAAAEA/KHssUy8ewWQ/s1600-h/Krug.Gatchina.jpg
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/04images/Krug/Odessa_I_PC030200_8965681.jpg
It appears that the array in the YouTube video is the much larger ionospheric
sounder antenna associated with the Chernobyl Over-the-Horizon Radar (the
woodpecker) from the 1970s.
http://lplaces.com/en/reports/13-chornobyl-2
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Russian_Bases_Woodpecker_Duga_Radar_Ukraine.html
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/04images/Krug/Duga_3_8263025.jpg
73
Frank
W3LPL
---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:02:40 -0700
>From: James Rodenkirch <rodenkirch_llc@msn.com>
>Subject: RE: Topband: Amazing Video of an extremely large circular array
>To: <w0uce@nc.rr.com>, <topband@contesting.com>
>Cc: <donovanf@starpower.net>
>
> And, here's more info than you might need but, some block
> diagram sort of drawings:
>
> http://www.navy-radio.com/frd10.htm
>
>
> From: w0uce@nc.rr.com
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:30:10 -0500
> CC: donovanf@starpower.net
> Subject: Re: Topband: Amazing Video of an extremely large
> circular array
>
> 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
>
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