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| Author: | Rich [ Sat Dec 04, 2021 7:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Interesting antenna in Lynnwood |
After being out of the area for a number of years I happened to be driving on Hwy99 through Lynnwood yesterday. One thing that stuck out of place like a sore thumb was a large HF antenna mounted to a cell tower monopole (located here). Sorry I did not have time for a photo but it appeared to be a yagi configuration with folded elements. Bear in mind I had all of about a second to look at it. Anyhow this was too far out of place to be ignored so down the rabbit hole I went. Experimental callsign WJ2XXI licensed to "Western Maritime Broadcast LLC" and "10Band LLC" on a variety of HF frequencies from 4mhz-22mhz at 10kW. I figured it was likely some sort of maritime data/email coast station (of which there are plenty up and down the coast) however after further research 10Band LLC appears to be this: https://sniperinmahwah.wordpress.com/2018/06/07/shortwave-trading-part-ii-faq-and-other-chicago-area-sites/ Its an interesting read. For quite some time I've been aware of fiber and microwave paths dedicated for this purpose but had no idea shortwave was brought into the mix. |
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| Author: | Wilrobnson [ Sat Dec 04, 2021 10:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting antenna in Lynnwood |
Vis-à-vis the fiber and microwave sides, there's a fictional account of this available (I saw it on Netflix) called "The Hummingbird Project". The acting is mostly decent and it also features my next ex-wife, Salma Hayek. |
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| Author: | Badger [ Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting antenna in Lynnwood |
They are on Capital Hill and Rucker Hill as well |
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| Author: | mw [ Mon Dec 06, 2021 4:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting antenna in Lynnwood |
interesting thanks |
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| Author: | radiorange [ Mon Feb 14, 2022 2:02 am ] | |||
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The structure is imposing. Two pics. Was once a cell site, per an earlier Google Earth snapshot, which I grabbed April, 30, 2019, so the image is before that. The more recent image is from 2021.
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| Author: | Jim [ Mon Feb 14, 2022 7:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Interesting antenna in Lynnwood |
The bottom picture looks like a SteppIR beam https://steppir.com/ |
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