[TowerTalk] Some spectacular views of the abandoned Russian Woodpecker antenna array

[Randy]

I once read somewhere that it wasn't so much intended to detect the 
missile, per se',
but rather the missile's ionized plume passing through the ionosphere. 
Your point is
still just as valid, though.

73,
Randy
KZ4RV

Rob Atkinson wrote:
>   The antenna had to
> have enough gain to develop a huge ERP because as over the horizon
> radar on HF, it had to put out a field strong enough to get a
> reflection from a relatively small surface (such as a missile)
> thousands of km distant.
>
> 73,
>
> rob / k5uj
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