Wow...
What a refreshing thread. Has numerous relevences to my current activities.
In surfing the AT&T Long Lines site histories referred to in this thread
today, I briefly came across a site where an explanation was made of how/why
AT&T Sites often were built to be "Bomb Proof". I want to know some details
of that design philosophy.
That describes a building at our new EME site at Jamesburg, whose 20,000 sq
ft, single story bunker has 3' thick concrete walls, 2' thick concrete
ceilings, and rumored 5' thick conc floors. I desperately want to find
that site again, so if anyone knows of it, please direct me there.
My "tower" question is to have structures guys on the TT list look at the
Jamesburg dish picture at our home page ( http://www.jamesburgdish.org )
and characterize the needs for a foundation design to support a 100ft dish
(~8000 sq ft) from a turret about 70 ft high, putting the upper edge of the
dish at 120 ft above the surface. Elsewhere on the site, are pictures of a
huge fleet of concrete trucks on site, in 1968, pouring a lot of concrete
into the foundation hole, and a massive, thick concrete turret under
construction that supports the dsh.
We are researching rumors of lead entrainment in the foundation concrete in
order to make the mass super heavy, and perhaps reduce the cubic yards
required, for the free standing structure of colossal square footage wind
area.
Internet sites show a concrete type that uses (or perhaps used to use) lead
to produce a mix that weighs upwards of 8K lbs/cubic yard, perhaps
motivation in the "olden days" to reduce foundation hole size, and cubic
yards required for concrete.
73, DX, de Pat AA6EG aa6eg@hotmail.com;
Skype: Sparky599
Moon or Bust!--Jamesburg Gang Rides Again!
>From: John/K4WJ <k4wj@bellsouth.net>
>To: <donovanf@starpower.net>, towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Very Large Antenna Farm Puzzler
>Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:28:10 -0400
>
>Frank,
>
>I was in charge of the transmitter site of WOM, which was one, of
>three, AT&T's High Seas Radio Telephone stations. WOM was located in
>South Florida. The transmitter site was located on what was known as
>state road 27, but has since been renamed. One of the guys that
>worked for me, Joe Sanfallipo, came from New Jersey and he worked at
>the sister station, WOO, in Ocean Gate, N.J.
>
>I have never been to the Ocean Gate site but I'm going to guess that
>what I am looking at is the transmitter site of WOO. It looks a lot
>like the antenna field we had at Pennsuco, FL (WOM). I would imagine
>that most transmitter sites looked the same as they probably employed
>what was state-of-the-art atnenna farms back then.
>
>Joe told me that there were two hams working at WOO, but right now I
>can't recall their names.
>
>Is this the WOO transmit antenna field in Ocean Gate?
>
>73..de John/K4WJ
>
>
>At 02:35 PM 4/1/2007, you wrote:
> >TT has gotten a little boring with lately. Lets try something new:
> >
> >Click the link below for interesting photographs of one of the largest
> >HF antenna farms ever built. Many of us who were short wave listeners
> >heard this site on the air until it closed down about ten years ago.
> >
> >You can view the site from the north, east, south or west by
> >clicking on the compass arrow. You can also drag image with your mouse
>to view
> >the rest of the location where the antennas were located.
> >
> >Notice the many open wire lines exiting the rightside of the building.
> >Drag the image and follow the open wire lines to get an idea of how
> >large the site was.
> >
> >Now... who can identify the site, and a little about its history ???
> >
> >Good luck!
> >
> > >http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qnn2mw8tqc6t&style=o&lvl=2
> > &tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=8586172
> >
> >73!
> >Frank
> >W3LPL
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>73..de John/K4WJ
>ex K8PXG 06/18/59 to 02/12/97
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