{"id":1170,"date":"2020-11-01T20:02:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T04:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvara.org\/wordpress\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2020-11-11T05:05:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:05:05","slug":"november-11-monthly-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvara.org\/wordpress\/2020\/11\/01\/november-11-monthly-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"November 11 Monthly Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WVARA\u2019s monthly meeting will be \u00a0on Wednesday, November 11,\u00a0at 7pm\u00a0via Zoom. \u00a0Please contact a WVARA board member for Zoom Information.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this month\u2019s meeting,&nbsp;Keith Snyder (KI6BDR) will give a virtual presentation on&nbsp;the Russian Woodpecker Over the Horizon Radar \u2013 A Real Blast from the Past. &nbsp;&nbsp;I\u2019m really looking forward to this one since many of us older hams remember encountering this signal on-the-air.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Steve KC6ZKT will give us an update on plans for Winter Field Day and how you can get involved. &nbsp; (Winter Field Day will be January 30\/31).<br>Jim, K6EIWVARA Vice President<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-cdn.wvara.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/01195914\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-08-at-8.11.22-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-cdn.wvara.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/01195914\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-08-at-8.11.22-PM-1.png 490w, https:\/\/wp-cdn.wvara.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/01195914\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-08-at-8.11.22-PM-1-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption>\u201cDuga 3\u201d antenna array<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hidden deep in a serene forest yet taller than the clouds, standing in surreal beauty is an antenna array like none other on earth, having an&nbsp;aperture area greater than 15 U.S. football fields. One of the great wonders of the world \u2013 a top secret Soviet HF radar, so secret that even the name is&nbsp;uncertain, for it had many. It was the Russian Woodpecker. It was the Steel Yard. It was Duga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story of this top secret place is one of mystery and intrigue. Now abandoned, a rusting testament to man\u2019s cold war hubris, almost all popular&nbsp;accounts on the web are seriously flawed \u2013 victims of deliberate disinformation. Where did it come from? What did it do? Did it transmit? Did it&nbsp;receive? Was it the first of three, or the third of two?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-cdn.wvara.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/01200059\/KeithSnyder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1173\"\/><figcaption>Keith Snyder, KI6BDR<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith Snyder, KI6BDR, has been busy reverse engineering to uncover truth before time erases history. Keith shows visible engineering clues that&nbsp;reveal the mission and correct the history of the huge \u201cDuga 3\u201d antenna array. The Duga 3 is located a few kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear&nbsp;power plant site. Although it has fallen into disrepair, it stands today due only to a hasty exit forced by radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear&nbsp;accident. The nuclear accident ironically protected the array from dismantlement, a reprieve from all but the ravages of time. The antenna array&nbsp;today attracts tourists who visit Chernobyl. It is one of the 8th Wonders of the World due to its titanic size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WVARA\u2019s monthly meeting will be \u00a0on Wednesday, November 11,\u00a0at 7pm\u00a0via Zoom. \u00a0Please contact a WVARA board member for Zoom Information. 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