[UK-CONTEST] GCHQ Antenna

[Danny Higgins]

If you put a big antenna on an FT101 you won't hear much for the intermods!

Danny, G3XVR

Ray - G4FON wrote:
> Many years ago the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, as it was
> then, ran a radio station which included a large log periodic pointed
> roughly at the US, if I recall correctly. One of the station managers was
> G3XUU, Colin, and he arranged a visit for the Farnborough radio club and
> Laurie, G3AQC, took along an FT101 (shows you how long ago!) to try on the
> LP.
>
> The performance was actually rather disappointing, we were there around dusk
> and really did not work anything of note and signals what signals there were
> were not that strong either.
>
> I am not sure if Bob, G4HZV, is on this reflector, but I believe that he
> still has some involvement with the station.
>
> 73
>
> Ray, G4FON
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Field
> Sent: 10 August 2007 21:11
> To: UK-Contest
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] GCHQ Antenna
>
> 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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