... Are those KS horns on the right side? Plus, just below them are two ?troughs? or something......
19994
widebandit
Jul 1, 2011 9:02 am
No, they're called Muschelantenne - or (mussel) shell antenna - due to their resemblance to a sea-shell. The reflector is an offset parabolic sector with an...
19995
David
wb8foz@...
Jul 1, 2011 5:44 pm
... This link looks useful ...
19996
tdrss
Jul 1, 2011 8:48 pm
ALCON, If anyone is interested, the AF just posted a destruction report on the old Hawes Air Force Station SLFCS tower. 1140 pages (74 Mbytes) located at ...
19997
tdrss
Jul 1, 2011 8:59 pm
ALCON, Is there any validity to this information on the supposed "National Program Office" (circa 1980s)? I've seen information on it...
19998
Blake Bowers
bbowers311
Jul 1, 2011 9:12 pm
In the mid to late 80's there was a "program office" that was included in the eastern NAWAS roll call. They even sometimes answered. No idea if this was the...
19999
widebandit
Jul 2, 2011 12:19 am
This is getting out of hand... Frequency range of Muschelantenne is dependent on feed-horn - their bands approximately correspond to American 4- and 6-GHz...
20000
ozob99
Jul 2, 2011 2:11 am
http://www.skadoit.com/secure-data-centers.php Anyone know of this Iowa location?...
20001
Jeff Cole
simdarthmaul
Jul 2, 2011 8:37 am
... Discussed several times here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/12675 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/messages/12862 ...
20002
ozob99
Jul 2, 2011 11:42 am
... OK, thanks;I would have checked telco locations but it was described as a USAF facility so I assumed it was a former missile bunker....
20003
ozob99
Jul 2, 2011 5:21 pm
... I found several interesting documents in this depository in a cursory search(would take many hours to explore all);including a chronological history of...
20004
cryptospec5
Jul 2, 2011 9:02 pm
Not sure why a separate tower is needed either and it made me curious and I looked at Lambs knoll and sure enough, same type of white can, not on a separate...
20005
Mike Walker
thiscloudboy
Jul 2, 2011 9:39 pm
Any clue what that white can device does? M 2011/7/2 cryptospec5 <rescue10engine@...> ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
20006
Albert LaFrance
albert_lafrance
Jul 2, 2011 11:00 pm
I don't know, but it looks somewhat like the radomes I've seen for steerable microwave antennas, like for ENG links from TV news remote trucks, or ...
20007
Tom
radargeek247
Jul 3, 2011 4:58 pm
Joe- I didn't have time to register and access the USAF FOIA site, but wondered...are you sure about those two THREE THOUSAND foot towers? To the best of my...
20008
Jim
kb6okh
Jul 4, 2011 2:18 pm
In the 1980's I worked Microwave Toll in the area of Hawes. (Mojave, California City, Boron, Kramer Junction, Hawes etc...) I remember that tower and it was...
20009
AT&T Project
attproj
Jul 4, 2011 6:13 pm
Sorry for the delay. Catching up. The only other two stations I can think of that might be remotely in this area are Noble, IL (now a private residence) and...
20010
AT&T Project
attproj
Jul 4, 2011 6:37 pm
Tom, As has already been pointed out, the hardened antennas at the missile sites are different from those at Fairview and Williamstown. As for the antennas at...
20011
Facility 406 DM09
kd7jyk
Jul 5, 2011 1:29 am
"In the 1980's I worked Microwave Toll in the area of Hawes. (Mojave, California City, Boron, Kramer Junction, Hawes etc...)" Speaking of which... About...
20012
David
wb8foz@...
Jul 5, 2011 4:02 am
So I've put together this recap to help someone in the future. Please let me know what's incorrect or missing. I list the building CLLI's, and location;...
20013
Jim
kb6okh
Jul 5, 2011 8:58 am
not a clue....
20014
ozob99
Jul 5, 2011 1:35 pm
... Arlington 1 was a C&P Telco CO at 1025 Irving St, but some LL toll equipment and L1 coax to Arlington 2.This was one of the metro locations for NS/EP calls...
20015
charlie Fargis
ucfargis1
Jul 5, 2011 1:35 pm
GDCYVAGC is Garden City I worked there ARTNVACK is Arlington aka Columbia Pike Garden city had a paired cable to PENTAGON not coax. There was L1 to Wash 1 as...
20016
Albert LaFrance
albert_lafrance
Jul 5, 2011 2:05 pm
The Garden City - Hamilton route is significant because Hamilton was AT&T's eastern microwave "gateway" to Mount Weather (aka Washington 4). Albert ... From:...
20017
ozob99
Jul 5, 2011 2:17 pm
... Thinking back about Arlington 1 for my previous reply to DC area CLLI codes, I realized that the "Chestnut"; office was the local switch in Arlington 1....
20018
Sam Etler
sametler
Jul 5, 2011 2:29 pm
... There's still an active 4ESS here, ARTNVACK04T. There's also an active 4ESS at WASHDCSW that goes by WASHDCSW06T. Without getting into too much detail, I...
20019
charlie
ucfargis1
Jul 5, 2011 2:52 pm
shhhhhh _____ From: coldwarcomms@yahoogroups.com [mailto:coldwarcomms@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Albert LaFrance Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 9:55 AM To:...
20020
charlie
ucfargis1
Jul 5, 2011 3:07 pm
previously posted about SW wire center address not posted on porpoise _____ From: coldwarcomms@yahoogroups.com [mailto:coldwarcomms@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
20021
Craig Scott
dredmlm
Jul 5, 2011 3:46 pm
Yes, I have seen that type of radome here in the Albany NY area. Used for ENG ops. But in this case.....maybe the lasers are in the radome. Don't see...
20022
Facility 406 DM09
kd7jyk
Jul 5, 2011 4:44 pm
I might have a picture of it, but it would have been taken around 1996 and might be buried. If I can dig it up, I'll post it to the group site. Kurt ... From:...
