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
K8WJ 02/12/97 to 04/08/97
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