Another Giant Antenna System - The “Russian Woodpecker” in Chernobyl (cold-war era stuff, no more operational)
An Array of “Cage Dipoles” working as “Over the Horizon” Radar.
Official name “Duga”, Nick Name “Russian Woodpecker”
At some point in 1976, a new and powerful radio signal was detected simultaneously worldwide, and quickly dubbed ‘the Woodpecker’ by Amatuer Radio operators.Transmission power on some Woodpecker transmitters was estimated to be as high as 10 MW equivalent isotropically radiated power.
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