Originally Posted By: LesSnyder
re: antennas., AN/FLR9... gratuitous picture of my old duty station, 6922nd Security Group, Clark AFB, Philippines...once upon a time these HF direction finding stations ringed the Bear and Dragon... most have been dismantled since the end of the cold war


And I was a USASA Field Station Augsburg (mid-70's), Gablingen Kaserne, Augsburg Germany (aka "Home of the Professionals"). We also had the AN/FLR-9. photo here:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Abh%C3%B6ranlage_Gablingen.JPG

One very vivid memory I have is driving with one of the maintenance WO's into the center ring in his car with the car radio on. Great reception outside the ring, none at all after getting past the inner ring. These things really sucked up the RF energy.
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