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Huge Antenna seen
Anybody here from southeast Michigan? On Van Dyke near 15 mile Rd.,
there is an Ameritech Building on the east side of Van Dyke. It has a HUGE rotatable beam, probably log-periodic and all-band. I am guessing the main boom is over 60 feet long. Has anybody else seen it? I wonder what they would be using a HF antenna for? It looks a lot like the antenna near Bethany OH, if that is any help. I am also guessing this antenna is out of use nowadays. I used to monitor High Seas phone traffic, but never realized there may be a receiving station in our vicinity. Also used to hear Great Lakes phone services on HF and got one of their very last verifications around 7 years ago, them telling me they were being supplanted by cell and satellite services. Possibly this was part of a similar network. |
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This antenna is on a tower above an Ameritech building. Ameritech is
what's left of the old Michigan Bell. It is not a government agency, while Bethany was. |
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Maybe it is,or was,something to do with Great Lakes,Ship Traffic.Only
guessing. cuhulin |
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On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:59:38 -0400, (RM MS) wrote:
Anybody here from southeast Michigan? On Van Dyke near 15 mile Rd., there is an Ameritech Building on the east side of Van Dyke. It has a HUGE rotatable beam, probably log-periodic and all-band. I am guessing the main boom is over 60 feet long. Has anybody else seen it? I wonder what they would be using a HF antenna for? It looks a lot like the antenna near Bethany OH, if that is any help. I am also guessing this antenna is out of use nowadays. I used to monitor High Seas phone traffic, but never realized there may be a receiving station in our vicinity. Also used to hear Great Lakes phone services on HF and got one of their very last verifications around 7 years ago, them telling me they were being supplanted by cell and satellite services. Possibly this was part of a similar network. http://www.antenna.it/military/630-lp-10...2.htm |
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The strange thing about that antenna is that it is not really up that
high. It does look like an HF log though. Maybe the employees had a ham radio club there. Ever see the 100 or so foot high tower a guy has in his 30 ft x 30 ft backyard near 11mile road and Schoenerr? The tower base must cover half the yard. Would cut down on grass mowing. Jim On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:59:38 -0400, (RM MS) wrote: Anybody here from southeast Michigan? On Van Dyke near 15 mile Rd., there is an Ameritech Building on the east side of Van Dyke. It has a HUGE rotatable beam, probably log-periodic and all-band. I am guessing the main boom is over 60 feet long. Has anybody else seen it? I wonder what they would be using a HF antenna for? It looks a lot like the antenna near Bethany OH, if that is any help. I am also guessing this antenna is out of use nowadays. I used to monitor High Seas phone traffic, but never realized there may be a receiving station in our vicinity. Also used to hear Great Lakes phone services on HF and got one of their very last verifications around 7 years ago, them telling me they were being supplanted by cell and satellite services. Possibly this was part of a similar network. |
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Yes, I have seen the one on Schoenherr and 11. I drive (fly) the 696
every day on my way to the Tech Center. There is another one off 12 mile. I'll take another look at the oe you mentioned. I am sure they both are amateur radio beams. Still intrigued by the Ameritech one, though. Wonder how to find out its purpose? |
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Why not just ask Ameritech,what is the purpose of that Antenna.They will
probally tell you,unless it is a super duper secret or something. cuhulin |
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