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: N7KA@comcast.net
>Subject: Re: Topband: Elephant Cage Antennas
>To: William Hein <bill.aa7xt@gmail.com>
>Cc: topband@contesting.com
>
>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
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>UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
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