[UK-CONTEST] GCHQ Antenna

[Danny Higgins]

Hi Don.

I had the chance to operate CQWW SSB from a similar site a quite few 
years ago.  They had one rotatable log periodic and several fixed high 
angle log periodics pointed at central europe.  When I got there they 
told me that the rotator wasn't working, but they had kindly pointed it 
South (!) for me.  An enjoyable weekend, but I would have preferred the 
CW weekend with a working rotator.

Danny, G3XVR

Don Field wrote:
> Went round Croughton many years ago with the Northampton Radio Club.
> Fascinating! And it's grown quite a few more LPs and dishes since then.
> Would love to get my hands on one of those LPs for a contest!
>
> Don G3XTT
>
> On 10/08/07, Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> Dave wrote:
>>     
>>> "RAF" Croughton on the A43, also still has a lot of HF stuff up
>>> http://www.croughton.af.mil/
>>>
>>>       
>> That stretch of road badly needs a sign saying DANGER - SLOW RADIO
>> AMATEURS!
>>
>> Typing "croughton" into Google Earth will take you straight there. You
>> can easily see the Y-shaped spreaders for the log-periodics, which have
>> mostly wire elements.
>>
>> Croughton is mainly a satcoms and HF receiving site. The HF transmitting
>> site is 8 miles west at "RAF" Barford St John, where you can see more
>> Y-boom LPDAs and some ones as well.
>>
>> A former CO at Barford was KL7WE, a callsign that Dave RGK will
>> remember.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
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