The FAA (preceded by the CAA) had a transmitter site WBR70 (the structure
still exists) located in southwest Dade County Florida, on the edge of
the Everglades (west of the levee) that transmitted on several HF freqs
simultaneously. They had TMC transmitters and a huge antenna farm with
several rhombics directed toward Swan Island, San Andres, and
Tegucigalpa. There were also several Sturba curtains and numerous
dipoles all of phosper bronze wire. In the 1970's the workload
diminished and the transmitters were replaced with Racal-Milgo. We used
receiving Log Periodic antennas located directly on Tamiami airport
between the parallel runways. A grand sight indeed. I believe they were
the big Hi Gain LPs that we saw advertized in QST and could only drool
at. Anyway, hurricane Andrew eliminated the aluminum overcast at TMB,
and the transmitter site is used solely for storage now. sigh..
Gil W4PJI
On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 00:02:55 -0800 Tom Osborne <w7why@harborside.com>
writes:
>
>
> Ted Leaf wrote:
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > The former big Voice of America station in the U.S. used huge
> rhombics.
>
> And lets not forget the grand old man of DX'ing, W6AM and his
> rhombic farm. Rotary yagi's are great, but don't have the
> mystique of a good rhombic farm :-) 73
> Tom W7WHY
>
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