Topband: Amazing Video of an extremely large circular array

[Chuck]

Here's a Wullenweber that is intact and I believe functional although 
not used like it was. It's coordinates are 54.028911,-132.065256 and it 
is quite visible in Google Maps. Of course it belongs to the Canadian 
military and is on Masset Island in Haida Gwaii .

I've not yet found them in a tour-giving mood.


Chuck



On 2/12/2012 10:13 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:
> There was also one of these at the University of Illinois that was
> decommissioned in the early 80s.  I've seen this thing up close and
> there were even rumors of some of the W9YH club members hooking a radio
> to this thing.
>
> I've always wondered if it's still there.  Worth a look the next time
> I'm down that way.
>
> http://www.ece.illinois.edu/about/history/wullenweber.html
>
>
>
> On 2/10/2012 9:55 AM, James Rodenkirch wrote:
>> Yep - one of 'dem can be seen down in San Diego, at the southern tip of Cornado and at the northern tip of Imperial Beach - the "site" is, if I understand it correctly, now owned and operated by the Seals....don't get too close!
>>
>> Here's a pic from some years back:  http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=200604964&mode=big&lastmode=sequential&flags=0&year=2006
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>> 72, Jim Rodenkirch, K9JWV
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>>> From: w0uce at nc.rr.com
>>> To: topband at contesting.com
>>> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:30:10 -0500
>>> CC: donovanf at starpower.net
>>> Subject: Re: Topband: Amazing Video of an extremely large circular array
>>>
>>> Frank:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think the antenna in the video is a former Soviet Union "Cold War" version
>>> of a German Wullenweber also known as a Circularly Disposed Antenna Array
>>> (CDAA)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wullenweber
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>>>
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Jack
>>>
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>>>
>>> Anyone want to try to build one?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
>>> W3LPL
>>>
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