| Subject: Re: Nellis Range info |
| From: obviouslydelusional |
| Date: 29/08/2009, 15:32 |
| Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.area51 |
On Aug 28, 11:21 pm, "m...@sushi.com" <m...@sushi.com> wrote:
On Aug 28, 7:18 pm, obviouslydelusional
<obviouslydelusio...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Aug 28, 5:19 pm, "Lumpy" <lu...@digitalcartography.com> wrote:
obviouslydelusional wrote:
Any idea what the "toothed" groundplane thingy is? Probably a dumb
question, as it looks familiar, but I'm drawing a mental blank at the
moment.
Could be a discone upper element. But if it were,
it looks like the dishes are in the way. There would
be some counterpoise elements below that in typical
ground plane or skirt or cone fashion. That size
disk, either discone or ground plane counterpoise,
is a bit large for aircraft freqs. Might be about the
right size for VHF military between about 30-100 MHz.
Is the photo titled "Pahranagat" Badger? Or is it
the towers up the hill and west of Alamo airport?
I've seen map references labeling those Alamo
towers as "Pahranagat".
Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke
www.n0eq.com
I thought it could be part of a discone, but I can't figure out what
the teeth are for. I'm pretty sure I've seen that sort of setup
somewhere else, but I can't quite recall.
The Pahranagat photo appears to be the solar powered setup on Badger
Peak. The installation on the ridge west of the Alamo airport is much
larger, and there's a dirt road to the top with a parking area.
The top hat is probably for lightning protection. [Teeth concentrate
the field.] There was a similar thing at the old Flat Top
communications site. Maybe UFOmind had a shot.
Maybe it was Flat Top I was thinking of. That configuration sure
looked familiar.