The Woodpecker was the sworn enemy of us ham radio operators for years.
Paul Braun WD9GCO
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> On Nov 16, 2018, at 13:26, john hudson <om4t@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> an adjoining YouTube video said that the Woodpecker installation consumed
> about one third of the Chernobyl power station's output.
>
> It is a pity that the Woodpecker did not have a more harmonious sound output
> :-)
>
> jh
>
>
>> On 11/16/18 02:10 PM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> That’s very interesting, Piers. I had always wondered what the stuttering
>> noise was and apparently it was Woodpecker.
>>
>> I can’t think how much radiation the contraptions pushed out while in use.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 16 Nov 18, at 13:33, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Never seen suchlike under construction, John.
>>>
>>> But if you had asked about a similar completed structure, I would have said
>>> yes, it looks just like the Duga-3 over-the-horizon radar array erected just
>>> south of the Chernobyl nuclear power station, nicknamed Woodpecker by NATO,
>>> as evidenced in this Youtube clip:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOMVdOc9UbE
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOMVdOc9UbE>
>>>
>>> I didn't take my own photos when I passed by, not wanting to tempt
>>> providence, and I was concentrating anyway on the power station. But I can
>>> tell you that Soviet maps marked the site of the radar as a Boy Scout camp!
>>
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