The following article was in the LA Times last week:
'Voice of America’ exhibition is a fascinating look at early shortwave
radio
“Long before cell towers started sprouting up everywhere, the federal
government commissioned telecommunication companies to build five
massive fields of shortwave radio antennae. The structures, which
reached up to 450 feet, were located in out-of-the-way places in
California, Ohio and North Carolina. Each was designed to bounce radio
waves off the ionosphere, allowing federally produced programming to be
transmitted all over the globe.”
"The antennae are the stars of the show. They appear in photographs, in
videos and on touch-screen monitors. Arranged in grids, arcs and
asymmetrical arrays, they resemble high-tech fishing nets, impossibly
spindly bridges, supersized spirit catchers and otherworldly telephone
poles. Sculpturally impressive, they make Land Art look fussy, precious
and small."
The complete article (with pictures):
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-07-29/shortwave-exhibition-center-land-use-interpretation
The exhibit is at The Center for Land Use Interpretation (in Culver
City) through October 27. More on the exhibit at:
http://clui.org/section/voice-america-long-reach-shortwave
Enjoy!
73,
Eric W3DQ
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