[time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna

Sun Apr 15 02:00:45 UTC 2012

RAF Mormond Hill in Scotland, and what was referred to back then as 
"Site 41, NATO,  Location Classified". Getting there and back was a real 
hoot, and all my expense reports said on them was "Top Secret - pay as 
recorded, no receipts allowed"

I was told that just before decommissioning in (I think) 1992, NATO, the 
Danish Air Force, and the USAF acknowledged the presence of a "radar and 
communications station known as Site 41" in the Faeroe Islands. There 
was also a LORAN-C station there, and some Navy comm equipment of some 
sort in one of the tropo radio rooms. Don't know why the location was 
classified - the Russian Navy watched it being built and monitored it 
continuously...

Steve

On 4/13/2012 9:09 PM, J. L. Trantham wrote:
> Where did you do troposcatter?  I was a co-op student with AT&T and worked
> on their troposcatter system from Homestead, FL, to Nassau, Bahamas.
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Steve Krull
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:06 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
>
> Too bad there wasn't an amateur radio allocation at 902 MHz in the early
> 1970's - the troposcatter stations I serviced would have been awesome -
> 2x 10Kw into paired 60' dishes, but no az or el control!
> 73,
> Steve
>
>
> On 4/13/2012 7:50 PM, paul swed wrote:
>> Hmmm nat hist. Makes for a good challenge.
>> I was successful in the Navy at hiding antennas on the ships mast and
>> barracks.
>> Suspect I could have had a bit more trouble as I think about it these
> days.
>> Regards
>> Paul
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Steve<steve-krull at cox.net>   wrote:
>>
>>> Paul,
>>>
>>> I believe I read in an earlier post that someone was using one of these
>>> with a Tbolt, which is 5 volts to the antenna. Hope I'm not mistaken! I
>>> didn't hear any rattles when I shook the unit so I'm keeping my fingers
>>> crossed. They do appear to be pretty rugged so I'm hoping for the best.
> The
>>> reply from the seller ignored my poor packing complaint and said "this is
>>> used, it can not all are the same. our guaranteed is you can ask for
> refund
>>> if it can not works." I assume they have a boatload of them bought very
>>> cheaply and they are playing the odds that they will make more from
>>> replacing a few that don't survive shipping than they would if they spent
> a
>>> bit more on packing material for all shipments.
>>>
>>> We live in a National Historic District so no outdoor antennas here. My
>>> antennas are in the attic above the third floor, putting them about 40 ft
>>> AGL. So far the shingled roof hasn't been a major obstacle and the GPS
>>> antennas are above the HVAC ductwork. I'll see if there's any difference
>>> between this antenna and the HP that's on the Z3816 now.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Steve
>>> WB0DBS
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 13, 2012, at 1:52 PM, paul swed<paulswedb at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> Steve will be interesting to hear how it goes. Thats a reasonable price
>>> it
>>>> seems and the antenna looks like it could handle abuse pretty well. Any
>>>> idea if its a 5 volt unit or actually any other detail?
>>>> Regards
>>>> Paul
>>>> WB8TSL
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Steve Krull<steve-krull at cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> Just got mine, from "Just_for_survive" on eBay. Poorest packing job
> I've
>>>>> ever seen for an international package. Three wraps of newsprint and a
>>> thin
>>>>> padded envelope. I'll know this weekend if its operational.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> My Lucent antenna arrived today.  I scrounged some adapters
>>>>>> and connected it to my Thunderbolt.  Two birds were visible
>>>>>> with AMU>   4 when I held the antenna.  My Droid 3 could not
>>>>>> see any birds through the wet roof.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The unit has some dings and scrapes but no visible corrosion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am tempted to take it apart but don't wish to break a unit
>>>>>> which seems to be working well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anyone compared this antenna with the mushroom that
>>>>>> came from China with the used Thunderbolts???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R     caf at omen.com   www.omen.com
>>>>>> Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
>>>>>> Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
>>>>>> 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231   503-614-0430
>>>>>>
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