Tom,  I had the opportunity to spend a one year ADSW (Active Duty - Special Work) at Key West when it was still JIATF-East. The antennas you refer to were,...
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taskforceleader
Feb 1, 2010 4:13 pm
Albert, Have you ever mapped the locations and microwave routes for these locations? Also ever speculated on the buried cable routes? M...
Hi Jim- Thanks so much for your response! Those antennae have bugged me for a few years, and I am privileged to hear from you, who actually worked at the...
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wx_watch
Feb 2, 2010 3:27 pm
I had the opportunity to visit Truman Annex (for a sailing regatta) about 10 years back and noticed the antennae that others have mentioned. I'm sure they were...
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taskforceleader
Feb 2, 2010 3:33 pm
I have used HF loop antennas before and they are less susceptable to static bursts....
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Eric
ewilson1234
Feb 2, 2010 3:57 pm
There's also a similar loop array set up at the Coast Guard station by the Miami Zoo. Bing has a better view, but I cant figure out how to link to it so here...
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Bill Smith
brscomm
Feb 2, 2010 5:19 pm
FEMA had six of those loops on the ground at their facility in Massachusetts a few years back. They are HF loops. the advantage of using the magnetic field...
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Jim Johnson
jasbo01
Feb 2, 2010 9:10 pm
Tom, Â The loops in the circular array on the ground that you reference are called "Hermes Loop Antennas"...used for HF reception. Â Jim Johnson Grand Haven,...
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Craig Scott
dredmlm
Feb 3, 2010 7:25 pm
AND WGY in Schenectady NY...one of the first on the air...... their tower is right next to I-90 NYS Thruway..... ________________________________ From: Bill...
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ozob99
Feb 4, 2010 1:54 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2HUGVTtQao...
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ozob99
Feb 4, 2010 7:22 pm
This tethered balloon platform has been mentioned a couple of times in this group, and was used in the Cold War era as part of our Early Warning & SIGINT; here...
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ozob99
Feb 4, 2010 7:28 pm
More photos of this gigantic antenna: http://www.antennex.com/Stones/st0807/st0807.htm...
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ozob99
Feb 5, 2010 3:38 am
http://www.youtube.com/user/museumofcomm#p/u/4/0LhCmg20Dqs familiar sights & sounds to oldtimers. includes scenes of the inner workings. also a call through a...
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lasertower
Feb 5, 2010 5:26 pm
Enjoy this little bit of mechanical insanity... http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=tomcatspotter#p/u/5/KfSpNVipZTo For those with low bandwidth, the Swiss...
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Bill
wb0nsq
Feb 6, 2010 12:31 am
Just became aware of this on-line tour of the old Western Electric tube plant at the Lee's Summit works: http://tubedepot.com/westrex1.html Bill Kansas City,...
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ozob99
Feb 6, 2010 2:12 pm
Section 3,B,11 & 12 mention BMEWS Site 1 nearing completion;the MIDAS satellite detection system; and TEEPEE, an early OTH project. ...
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ozob99
Feb 6, 2010 4:20 pm
Before the AT&T underground L station: http://www.shorpy.com/node/6229 click on "full size" for detail Nostalgia buffs will enjoy searching this archive....
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John Gleichweit
smokeybehr
Feb 6, 2010 8:08 pm
I see I'm not the only one that loves Shorpy. I've got a bunch of the pix bookmarked so that when the time comes, I can get a bunch of the pictures made into...
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Jim Johnson
jasbo01
Feb 7, 2010 2:18 pm
FYI, the aerostat at Cudjoe Key, FL was referred to locally as "Fat Albert". While access to the facility was tightly controlled, it was something you could...
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Tom Scanlan
radargeek247
Feb 7, 2010 2:37 pm
Fat Albert was flying last January, and I'm expecting to see it again in a few days. When I was in Marathon for five days and at Sigsbee for a few weeks last...
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beachmk4b
Feb 9, 2010 2:10 pm
I just joined the group so please excuse some replies to a few old unanswered threads. I've been compiling info on Navy communications in the 1950's-60's at...
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Joe Giliberti
jtkirk1337
Feb 9, 2010 5:38 pm
Hello. I volunteer with the Infoage Science and History Learning Center, located in Wall Township, New Jersey, and I am currently working on a fallout shelter ...
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ozob99
Feb 9, 2010 6:52 pm
... Thanks for that update;seems the FRT-31 combining scheme is much like the Continental 105 series VOA used(in a recent thread); and nice page on Cutler. ...
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Blake Bowers
bbowers311
Feb 9, 2010 8:54 pm
I know this is a bit off-topic, but it seems like someone could really want this for copies of route maps, etc. It can probably be had really cheap. I would...
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John Young
johny8766
Feb 9, 2010 9:20 pm
I have one of these hunks, still working like the original twenty years later. Yes, 20 years. Whatever happened to that kind of quality? It was not cheap back...
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ozob99
Feb 10, 2010 8:37 pm
On 11-25-58 telephone workers(C&P of DC) erroneously crossed wires between the DC warning system and the Montgomery Co,Md system, causing a number of sirens to...
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David Dauphinee
dauphinee.david
Feb 10, 2010 9:08 pm
This is only loosely related, but there's still an air raid siren standing at the old Topsham AFS. Pretty cool to see one up close. ...
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ozob99
Feb 11, 2010 2:01 am
Anyone have any info on DELNET, described as a 1957 TTY network permanently connecting FCDA HQ with key federal agency relocation sites?...
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Albert LaFrance
albert_lafrance
Feb 12, 2010 11:08 pm
... From: The National Security Archive [mailto:NSARCHIVE@...] On Behalf Of National Security Archive Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 6:02 PM To:...
