"Jack Painter" wrote in message news:zn1Hc.20$Qj.6@lakeread01..

Luckily, Rickover was never part of a weapons system. Or else, in addition
to driving a submarine that was too heavy, too slow, and could not dive as
deep as the enemy ...


To get back to antennas...

Buoyant Wire Antenna (BWA) System
Buoyant wires are long, towed antennas that provide a submarine with
the ability to communicate while remaining deeply submerged. The
system consists of a buoyant wire antenna, a reeling machine which
deploys, tows, and retrieves the antenna, reeling machine controls, a
transmit/receive switch, and an antenna coupler. When the submarine
wishes to communicate, the buoyant wire antenna is deployed via the
reeling machine which can be mounted either inboard or outboard of the
pressure hull. A portion of the antenna floats at or near the sea
surface and receives radio signals. An antenna that allows both
transmit and receive in the HF band is also available. Signals
received on the Buoyant Wire Antenna are filtered and amplified in the
Antenna Coupler located in the radio room. This coupler is a broadband
device that provides the interface between the special antenna and the
standard submarine radio receivers. Because the system is broadband,
it is LINK Eleven compatible.

http://www.sippican.com/stuff/conten...et/buoyant.pdf