Navy Shore Station Communication Antennas

Shore Station LF & VLF Antennas - 

Also see Bill Heidig (DECO/Westinghouse/DCA Engineer) VLF Site Photo Page
Also see VLF transmitting antenna design  
Also see NAVELEX 0101, LF & VLF Systems Handbook
Also see VLF antenna design NPS thesis

Jim Creek Valley Span VLF
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Yosami Triatic VLF
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Lualualei Triatic VLF
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Harold E Holt (North West Cape) Tri-Deco VLF
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Balboa Triatic  VLF
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Cutler Tri-Deco VLF
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Annapolis Goliath VLF
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Nord LF folded unipole antenna - top fed tower
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Nord LF antenna - NPG Stockton
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Shore Station HF Antennas - See NAVELEX 0101,104 HF Antenna Handbook

Transmitting Antennas at NRS(T) Battle Point

Great Video - Virtual tour of reconstructed site
Antenna field map

Receiver Site Antennas at NAVCOMMSTA Greece

The Receiving Central antenna locations are shown in figure 2-1. The antenna field is divided into four 90-degree sectors that are joined at approximately the center of the Receiving Central complex.

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   The antennas, except for the two Fixed Log-Periodic and four Rhombics, are designated by a sector number, an abbreviation indicating the type of antenna, and the number of that type. For example, 1LP2 identifies Rotatable Log-Periodic antenna number 2 that is located in sector 1. The fixed Log-Periodic antennas are designated FLP1 and FLP2, the single Rhombics are RN1 and RN2, and the Dual-Nested Rhombics are RA1/2 and RS1/2 a. Six Rotatable Log-Periodic, 6.5 to 60 megacycles, type 237-1A.
b. Two Fixed Log-Periodic, 2.5 to 32 megacycles, type 726-1.
c. Eleven 3-wire Vertical Folded Doublet, 6 to 32 megacycles, type FDA-3-600R.
d. One Conical Monopole, 2 to 8 megacycles, type OCM-68.
e. One Conical Monopole, 4 to 16 megacycles, type OCM-28.
f. One Conical Monopole, 7 to 28 megacycles, type OCM-17.
g. Two Dual-Nested Rhombic.
h. Two Single Rhombic.
i. Two Low-Frequency Long-Wire, one 600-foot and one 700-foot, type RLW.
j. One VHF, 100 to 174 megacycles, type F-11.
k. One UHF, 225 to 400 megacycles, type AT-197.
l. One UHF, 225 to 400 megacycles, type AT-150.

Transmitter Site Antennas at NAVCOMMSTA Greece
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A detailed plot plan of the Transmitting Central antenna field is illustrated in figure 2-1. Antennas installed at the Transmitting Central include the following types and quantities:
a. Ten Rotatable Log-Periodic, 6.5 to 60 megacycles, type 237A-1A.
b. Ten Conical Monopole, 2 to 8 megacycles, type OCM-68.
c. Eight Conical Monopole, 4 to 16 megacycles, type OCM-28.
d. Ten Conical Monopole, 7 to 28 megacycles, type OCM-17.
e. One Conical Monopole, Tuned, 4 to 30 megacycles, type 775.
f. Fourteen 3-Wire Vertical Doublet, 6 to 32 megacycles, type FDA-3-600R.
g. Two Low-Frequency Longwire, 417-foot and 917-foot, type TLW.
h. Six Dual Nested Rhombic.
i. Two Single Rhombic.
j. One Pan Polar Low-Frequency Tower, 630-foot.
k. One Low-Frequency Tower, 353-foot.
1. One UHF, 225 to 400 megacycles, type AT-50

Antenna Lead Switching System
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Barrigada Guam 1956 - "6-10" Type switch-yard #4 looking east  
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Barrigada Guam 1956 - "6-10" Type switch-yard #4 from pivot-pole side 
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Barrigada Guam 1956 - "6-10" Type switch-yard #4 looking south
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Switchyards around transmitter building- Barrigada Guam
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Barrigada Guam
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Barrigada Guam
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Typical Receiver Site Antenna Layout
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Rhombic

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3-Wire Rhombic
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Nested Rhombic 
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Quadrant
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Wire Antennas - Also see USMC Field Antenna Handbook -  download 4 MB pdf  (thanks to C Anderson)
600 Ohm Terminator for Rhombic

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Conical Monopole Antenna - The conical monopole antenna is used in HF communications. It is a broadband, vertically polarized, compact omnidirectional antenna. This antenna is adaptable to ship-to-shore, broadcast, and ground-to-air communications. It is used both ashore and aboard ship. When operating at frequencies near the lower limit of the HF band, the conical radiates in much the same manner as a regular vertical antenna. At the higher frequencies, the lower cone section radiates, and the top section pushes the signal out at a low angle as a sky wave. This low angle of radiation causes the sky wave to return to the Earth at great distances from the antenna.  Therefore, this antenna is well suited for long-distance communications in the HF band.

Conical Monopole
AS-2205/FRC (7-28 mc)

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Conical Monopole
Hy-Gain 2012AA (3-30 mc)

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Conical Monopole
Hy-Gain 2012AA details

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"Performance Evaluation of Conical Monopole" -  Dec. 1992 NPS Thesis (download 2.6 MB pdf)

Conical Monopole -Hy-Gain 2012AA - Kato Souli Greece
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Inverted Cone Antenna - The inverted cone antenna is vertically polarized, omnidirectional, and very broadbanded. It is used for HF communications in ship-to-shore, broadcast, and ground-to-air applications. The radial ground plane that forms the ground system for inverted cones is typical of the requirement for vertically polarized, ground-mounted antennas. The radial wires are one-quarter-wavelength long at the lowest designed frequency.
Inverted Cone
AS-2212/FRC (2-30 mc)
AS-2213/FRC (2.5-30 mc)
AS-2214/FRC (3-32 mc)

Inverted Cone - Kato Souli Greece
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Feed Point
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Inverted Cone (Kato Souli)
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Elevated Discone
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Granger 3005 Spira-Cone

Data Sheets

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Sleeve Antenna - The sleeve antenna is used primarily as a receiving antenna. It is a broadband, vertically polarized, omnidirectional antenna. Its primary uses are in broadcast, ship-to-shore, and ground-to-air communications. Although originally developed for shore stations, there is a modified version for shipboard use. Photos below show a sleeve antenna for shore stations. Sleeve antennas are especially helpful in reducing the total number of conventional narrowband antennas that otherwise would be required to meet the requirements of shore stations. With the use of multicouplers, one sleeve antenna can serve several receivers operating over a wide range of frequencies. This feature also makes the sleeve antenna ideal for small antenna sites. When used for transmitting, sleeve antennas can typically handle 30kw with less than 3:1 VSWR over a 3:1 frequency range
sleeve-01.jpg (20185 bytes) Sleeve Antenna at NPG - this has two wire-spreaders in the vertical section
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Sleeve Antenna at NPG 
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NAVRADSTA (T) Barigada Guam - Sleeve Antenna #2007 RF Transformer and Styroflex Cable Attachment

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Sleeve Antenna dimensions
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Sleeve Antenna dimensions
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Sleeve Antenna with reflector and director
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Fixed Log Periodics
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Vertical Fixed Log Periodics
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Sector Vertical Log Periodic
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Horizontal Fixed Log Periodic
(Kato Souli)

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Rotatable Log Periodic - North West Cape
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Rotatable Log Periodic
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Rotatable Log Periodic
 - NGE Nea Makri Greece
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AS-3482 Rotatable Log Periodic
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Rotatable Log Periodic - NQM Midway
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Rotatable Log Periodic
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Rotatable Log Periodic
 - NGR Nea Makri Greece
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Rotatable Log Periodic - Barrigada Guam
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AN/FRA-109
(similar to AN/FRA-107)

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4-30 mc, 600kw PEP transmitting antenna system - steerable beam or omnidirectional

FRA-109 Monopole
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FRA-109 reflector
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Kato Souli Greece
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  FRA-109 at NRTF Dixon CA

  FRA-109 at NRTF Dixon CA

  FRA-109 at Asmara Tract H
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Kato Souli Greece
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CDAA Receiving Antenna Systems

AN/FRD-10

AN/FRD-10 CDAA page

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Mainly used for NAVSECGRU DF/Intercept - but several were also used for COMMSTA general service communications

CDAA Components
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AN/TRA-40 CDAA
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VHF/UHF Antennas for Naval Air Stations
See Naval Aeronautical Facilities Electronics Criteria

AS-768/GR 225-400MHz
225-400 MHz antennas

AT-150/SRC coaxial dipole
AS-390/SRC stub dipole
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AS-1018/URC collinear dipole
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AT-150/SRC coaxial dipole
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AS-390/SRC - info -
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Typical Installation
AS-1018/URC
NT-66095 (vertical dipole)
AS-768/GR
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Typical Site Layout
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