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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:19:52 -0500
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Frank Gentges wrote:

> The Navy decided several years ago that the Annapolis transmitter site
> was no longer needed.  It provided a number of LF broadcasts to the fleet
> along with the VLF broadcast.  Many remember hearing NSS on all sorts of
> HF and LF and VLF freqs in years past.  Three 300 foot self supporting
> towers were "dropped" at 0800 using explosives at the NSS site.  These
> towers supported 3 Marconi LF antennas.  These towers date back to
> around 1918.  The transmitters were newer and were sent to WWVB to boost
> the power there.
>
> I witnessed the demolition and have pictures and video I hope to convert
> to MPEG to put on our website.
>
> The wideband 800 foot LF tower that supported a 4 channel broadcast is
> scheduled to be dropped on November 20th and the VLF modified Goliath array
> is scheduled to be dropped on the 5th of December.  The center tower in the
> Goliath array is 1200 feet high and is surrounded by 800 foot towers.
>
> The AMRAD radio club had the good fortune of using these fallow antennas
> over the past few months to see what we might learn.  The Goliath is
> indeed an excellent VLF and LF receiving antenna and I will be working on
> an article describing some of our exploits and observations.
>
> Frank Gentges K0BRA
>
> On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Don Burns wrote:
>
> > On the news a couple of nights ago footage was shown of a couple of towers
> > being knocked down in Maryland. Comment was that the towers were very old.
> > A large array was visible in the background. Were these towers a part of
> > the old NSS array?
> >
> > Don Burns
> > K9AWV
> > Fort Lauderdale FL     USA