Northeast coast Maine towers

[Ted Larsen]

 Some of this is dated, especially the control room.

 That's the BIGGEST coax I've ever seen

Ted

> http://www.navy-radio.com/commsta/cutler.htm
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
> To: "Doug Drown" <vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net>;
> <boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org>;
> <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>; "Chris Hall"
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> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Northeast coast Maine towers
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>> They are indeed impressive
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cutlervlf2.jpg
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Doug Drown" <vzeej5wn@myfairpoint.net>
>> Sender: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.orgDate: Thu, 
>> 14 Jul 2011 08:13:42
>> To: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>; Chris 
>> Hall<chris2526@comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: Northeast coast Maine towers
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>> These are the towers of the Naval very-low-frequency installation at
>> Cutler --- 26 of them, some as much as 989 feet high, all of them over
>> 800, and all still very much active. I've never flown over them, but
>> they are a spectacular (indeed, beautiful) sight from the ground at
>> night, and can be seen for many miles. The whole skyline --- 3,000
>> acres ---is lit up like a Christmas tree. Picture the antenna farm in
>> Needham multiplied several times over. I've taken visitors out to see
>> them and the universal response has always been, "WOW!"
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>> "Incredible viewing" describes them well, Chris. Worth the trip for
>> all Boston area radio enthusiasts. Even if I weren't a broadcasting
>> buff, I would say that taken as a whole, the installation is among the
>> most magnificent manmade structures in North America, if not the world.
>> -Doug
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>> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:38:13 -0400, Chris Hall  wrote:
>> Just saw the most spectacular aerial flyover of Maine in HD on the
>> Smithsonian channel, on the very
>>> northeastern coast near Calais the are 10 or so large self supporting
>>> towers like those at the old WBNX
>>> in Carlstadt.  Anyone have an idea....were those part of RCA
>>> transatlantic communications???
>>> If not in such large numbers with a pattern out to sea they could be
>>> mistaken for an AM directional array.
>>> If you have time check out this and many other state flyovers....they
>>> are incredible viewing
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