[CQ-Contest] remember this? Russian Woodpecker

[Richard DiDonna NN3W]

There were several of them, and I heard the Woodpecker as late as spring of 
1989.

73 Rich NN3W

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Keane K1MK" <k1mk at alum.mit.edu>
To: <kr2q at optonline.net>
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Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] remember this? Russian Woodpecker


> At 01:02 PM 6/8/2007, kr2q at optonline.net wrote:
>>http://pripyat.com/ru/internet_photo/chernobyl_2/1/1627.html
>
> Does anyone remember exactly when the Woodpecker went QRT?
>
> My college Russian is a bit rusty, but the article at
> <http://pripyat.com/ru/internet_photo/chernobyl_2/1/1384.html> seems
> to imply that the April 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power
> Plant directly resulted in the site pictured having to be abandoned.
>
> Was Chernobyl the only Woodpecker site?
>
> 73,
> Mike K1MK
>
> P.S. Yes, I remember the Woodpecker very well
>
> Michael Keane K1MK
> k1mk at alum.mit.edu
>
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