OTHB Radar Antenna - W7KI expedition - August 2005
Most ham operators and shortwave listeners are familiar with the "Russian Woodpecker" which was an OTHB radar system that plagued the HF bands up until the 1980's. There was also an American OTHB system with stations on the west coast and east coast of the continental U.S.
More information is available here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/an-fps-118.htm
Here are some satellite photos...
Christmas Valley (Oregon) transmitter
Tule Lake (California) receiver
The satellite photos don't do this place justice so it was time for a road trip.
Here are some photos of the Tule Lake site (north end of northernmost antenna):
Antenna (close-up of tower sections)
Antenna (ground mesh close-up)
Unfortunately I wasn't able to plug my radio into it.
