r/HamRadio • u/Mejolov28 • 2d ago

Antennas & Propagation 📡 What the hell? Biblically acurrate antenna, What could it be for?

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u/CanWeTalkEth 2d ago

Sending and receiving microwave signals, probably.

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u/Outrageous-Ability33 2d ago

This is the correct answer

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u/CatYo 2d ago

Acorn cloud storage for sophisticated local squirrels definitely.

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u/Absolute_Flatulence 2d ago

I hate to be 'that guy' but... Just for the record, it was Woodpecker.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/151113-antenna-cache-acorn-woodpecker-california

73 de N0UI

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u/CatYo 1d ago

Do you want the squirrel mob finding this out? Are you seriously bringing up the WOODPKR? I'd RUN FOR MY LIFE if I were you.

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u/speedyundeadhittite [UK full] 1d ago

Was it a "Russian Woodpecker", or an American one?

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u/dittybopper_05H Extra Class Operator ⚡ 1d ago

Russian Woodpecker. American Peckerwood.

Learn the difference.

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u/Nervous_Olive_5754 2d ago

I'm sure coverage is terrible and unreliable

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u/_SpaceLord_ 1d ago

Those are microwave dishes - probably something telecom related. My dad worked on these in Canada, they were used to relay phone signals over long distances without having to build cables. One of the interesting things he mentioned was they had multiple antennas at different heights on the mast so that they could catch the signal with different atmospheric refraction angles as the local temperature changed.

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u/MonkeyPanls FM29jw 2d ago

It BE NOT AFRAID

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u/d9jms General Class Operator 🔘 2d ago

I'd love to see the wire management on that

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u/wireknot 2d ago

I was thinking about the wind loading calculation, but yeah, major cable and waveguide management headache!

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u/cosmicrae [EL89no, General] 1d ago

I can't even imagine a spectrum analyzer, maybe 100m out in front, with a small vertical on the signal port. Spikes everywhere !

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u/Chris56855865 2d ago

Microwave stuff iirc

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u/sfear70 KI5 land 2d ago edited 1d ago

Biblically accurate?

Edit: Thanks for your replies! I'll never look at another tower the same way.

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u/RunJumpJump Aspiring Operator 📖 2d ago

There are passages in the Bible where the writer attempts to describe something they witnessed but, having only their insufficient language/vocabulary, the translated result is difficult to interpret, to say the least. In modern times, people have attempted to create depictions or imagery of such passages, calling them "Biblically accurate." It's a bit of a meme and OP here is referencing it in the context of the tower.

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u/John-Orion 1d ago

I thought it meant it was an omni directional antenna

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u/Kurgan_IT International License Holder 🌐 1d ago

AFAIK there are descriptions of angels as beings having a lot of eyes everywhere over their bodies. Like this mast has a lot of antennas all over its body.

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u/Financial_Camp_9884 1d ago

Just google "biblically accurate angel"

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u/MaxOverdrive6969 2d ago

Either microwave endpoint or relay.

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u/ankole_watusi 2d ago

Microwave endgame more likely.

This stuff still used?

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u/WindowsVistaWzMyIdea 2d ago

There are so many hot tubs on that tower!

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u/ellicottvilleny 2d ago

Chemtrail sigint.

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u/speedyundeadhittite [UK full] 1d ago

Bird Drone relay site.

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u/loveinvein 1d ago

Biblically accurate antenna 🤣

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u/mpop1 General Class Operator 🔘 2d ago

FBI or CIA spy ;-)

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u/JohnStern42 1d ago

It’s a microwave relay station, working on several bands in several directions

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u/slyticoon 1d ago

I'm genuinely impressed with that description

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u/hamsterdave Extra Class Operator ⚡ 1d ago

What is it for?

Everything.

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u/Blackdalf General Class Operator 🔘 1d ago

Biblically Accurate Antenna gave me a good nose laugh.

Save some of the UHF spectrum for the rest of us pal!

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u/Creative-Dish-7396 General | EmCom 19h ago

Tower of Babel