+Major Lee 18 Posted November 29, 2007 (edited) What is this circular installation on the the NW corner of Elmendorf AFB? (Yes, Elmendorf, disregard the Eielson tags...) Edited November 29, 2007 by Major Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 628 Posted November 29, 2007 perhaps a monument? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
column5 63 Posted November 29, 2007 It looks alomst like a circular array of antennas with a pedistal at the center to hold something for testing purposes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Zurawski 33 Posted November 29, 2007 (edited) Hmm... Worlds largest prize wheel? tick..tick..tick...tick..tick...... "big prize ..big prize!" Edited November 29, 2007 by Zurawski Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted November 29, 2007 What is this circular installation on the the NW corner of Elmendorf AFB? (Yes, Elmendorf, disregard the Eielson tags...) standard HF DF site Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted November 29, 2007 got some very nice photos from Elmendorf today which I'll post as soon as they are released by the PAO guys. First F-22 intercept of Bears. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dave 2,322 Posted November 29, 2007 Its called the Elephant Cage. Its a series of antennas used to eavesdrop and also what Typhoid said. When my dad was stationed there that was his baby, along with various aspects of the DEW line. He is the real expert on it though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MiGMasher 0 Posted November 30, 2007 FLR-9...SIGINT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayethWhaaaa 245 Posted November 30, 2007 Damn... I was going to say it's the Chronosphere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mladuna 0 Posted November 30, 2007 First F-22 intercept of Bears. Can't wait to see it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Major Lee 18 Posted November 30, 2007 Its called the Elephant Cage. Its a series of antennas used to eavesdrop and also what Typhoid said. When my dad was stationed there that was his baby, along with various aspects of the DEW line. He is the real expert on it though. DEW line? Elephant Cage? Stationed there? Can you get pictures? This stuff, as you know, is highly relevant to DBS-2.0... :yes: Meaning of "HF DF" = ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DoctorQuest 125 Posted November 30, 2007 I was going to say Death Ray Generator, but Dave beat me to the facts. Dang..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted November 30, 2007 DEW line? Elephant Cage? Stationed there? Can you get pictures? This stuff, as you know, is highly relevant to DBS-2.0... :yes: Meaning of "HF DF" = ? i've got a few photos in the archives myself. Anything in particular on your shopping list? spent some real "fun" times flying off of boats in the Northwest Pacific. HF is High Frequency. DF is Direction Finding. the elephant cage measures the time of arrival of a signal at each element and derives the bearing from that. The various sites are all linked and the bearings can then be used to compute the location. Lots of those around operated by quite a few operators of various political persuasions. The Soviets operated quite a few and linked them with their site in Cuba to get the cross bearing. We have, one or two, around as well...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gartht63 0 Posted November 30, 2007 Its called the Elephant Cage. Its a series of antennas used to eavesdrop and also what Typhoid said. When my dad was stationed there that was his baby, along with various aspects of the DEW line. He is the real expert on it though. Yep the old Elephant cage, my Dad used to work with FLR9 back at Misawa AB in the late 60's and through the 70's. That brings back memories, I didn't know they still had those things up, They had one down at Clark AB back when I was stationed there, and I know they had em at Incirlik and Chicksands as well. Who knows MTL we might have hung out at some of the same spots as kids back in the day, FLR9 people were not a large group. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Major Lee 18 Posted November 30, 2007 Well, if the Soviets operated them, I will need to include a couple installations in DBS2... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted November 30, 2007 Yep the old Elephant cage, my Dad used to work with FLR9 back at Misawa AB in the late 60's and through the 70's. That brings back memories, I didn't know they still had those things up, They had one down at Clark AB back when I was stationed there, and I know they had em at Incirlik and Chicksands as well. Who knows MTL we might have hung out at some of the same spots as kids back in the day, FLR9 people were not a large group. flying out of Misawa we were supposed to avoid flying over it since it messed up the signal processing. We weren't always able to comply with the needed hard turn....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted November 30, 2007 Well, if the Soviets operated them, I will need to include a couple installations in DBS2... http://w2.eff.org/Privacy/Foreign_and_loca...nt.overview.txt http://books.google.com/books?id=_O-lcA50s...P6RfOGcEXAk73q0 http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/russia/sigint.htm http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Ca...amp;Search=true the last one is Soviet KRUG sites which are the HFDF sites on that side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Major Lee 18 Posted November 30, 2007 DBS-2 is going to be very interesting... :yes: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dave 2,322 Posted December 1, 2007 DBS-2 is going to be very interesting... :yes: Dad doesn't have any pictures, when you were on site photography wasn't allowed. So he never brought his camera. But try this website http://www.lswilson.ca/dewline.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrench 9,848 Posted December 2, 2007 Pulls out 'Work in Progress' list...better update that Arctic skin for the Scorpion.... Wrench kevin stein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
