On Fri, 29 May 2009 22:45:03 -0700, "Sal M. Onella"
wrote:

It also cites the array at Imperial Beach, which is not
far. I see it several times a year but it was abandoned years ago and may
be coming down. I wonder who gets all that nice RF cable.

It was decomissioned in 1999 but it's still there today:
http://addiejones.com/califimages/elephantcage.jpg
http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=10010&mode=sequential&flags=0
http://www.navycthistory.com/images2/IBCDAALamberton.jpg
http://www.navycthistory.com/ibbradbury01.html
http://jproc.ca/rrp/masset_frd10.jpg
http://www.navycthistory.com/Imperial_beach_intro.html
Do you really want 50 year old coax?

"Off-topic Sal"

From sunspots to elephant cages. One small step for Art. One giant
leap for most of the newsgroup participants.


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On Sat, 30 May 2009 14:59:21 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

Also, Google Maps photo:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=%27Elephant+Cage%27+Naval+Communicati on+Station+San+Diego&ie=UTF8&ll=32.593481,-117.129654&spn=0.002929,0.006866&t=h&z=18

Google Earth map with locations of 16 elephant cages:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=48401&filename= 113957-FRD10.kmz
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=48402&filename= 174116-ProtoWullenweber.kmz

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"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message
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Do you really want 50 year old coax?

Hm-m-m Maybe not.


From sunspots to elephant cages. One small step for Art. One giant
leap for most of the newsgroup participants.

Luckily going OT isn't a felony or we'd all be doing some hard time.
Thanks for the nice pics.

"Sal"
(KD6VKW)
CTMC/EWCS, USN (Ret.)