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Re: This thing has always fascinated me
01/10/11 03:39 PM
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> Yeah, as a kid with a shortwave radio I had no idea what it was. I used to tune
> numbers stations and wonder what they were all about, too. Back then, you couldn't
> just Google it.
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> I think the official explanation of the "woodpecker" fits, though - ionospheric
> over-the-horizon radar. Similar in concept to this one:
> http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/esd/jp2025/jp2025.cfm
Years ago in Chicago there was some sort of abandoned RADAR test facility along Grand Ave. near where the Brickyard Mall is/was.
http://www.forgottenchicago.com/forum/1/117
Edited by PokeMAME (01/10/11 03:45 PM)
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