Brings back some fond memories! As a young A1C arriving for my first tour at
Misawa AB in 1981 I was given the task to TDR every cable in the FLR-9 from
the Goniometer to each element and repair any issues.
Gary Mitchelson
N3JPU Davidsonville, MD FM18
http://www.mitchelson.org/
-----Original Message-----
From: topband-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of donovanf@starpower.net
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 20:11
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Elephant Cage Antennas
>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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