Topband: VOA antenna farm

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Lee, 


It doesn't have to end this way... 



The U.S. Navy AN/FPS-12 Over the Horizon Radar (one of a series 
of 1960s and 1970s CHECKROTE HF radars ) in White House, 
Virginia was dismantled in 1987 to make way for the Navy's new 
AN/TPS-71 OTH radar. A commercial tower company owned 
by a PVRC member dismantled hundreds of Folded Triangular 
Monopole (FTM) antennas and thousands of feet of reflecting screens. 
Fortunately for me and dozens of other hams their contract included 
removal of all antenna related components and full salvage rights. 


Just a tiny fraction of the components from the FTM arrays and 
reflecting screens and some additional antennas on the site found their 
way into dozens of ham stations, For example, five hundred feet of 
AB-105 tower, six large 14-30 MHz log periodic arrays, miles and 
miles of RG-17, RG-8 and 1/2 inch hardline coax, dozens of 7 inch 
diameter 40 foot monopoles and hundreds of vacuum relays found 
their way to W3LPL. At least one of K3LR's towers and several of 
N4AF's towers came from the dismantled AN/FPS-112 facility. 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 





----- Original Message -----

From: "Lee STRAHAN" <k7tjr at msn.com> 
To: topband at contesting.com 
Sent: Friday, April 8, 2016 5:51:05 PM 
Subject: Topband: VOA antenna farm 

These two sites are also gone now. Hauled away for scrap. Acres of stainless mesh wire ground plane as well. 
http://www.k7tjr.com/fps118_oth_radar.htm 

Lee K7TJR 
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