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14th Apr 2012, 1:30 pm | #21 |
Dekatron
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Re: Large Aerial Array near Daventry-what is it??
Apparently it's the longest 3-digit A road in the UK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A361_road. I fear we're drifting OT though ...
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14th Apr 2012, 1:32 pm | #22 |
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Re: Large Aerial Array near Daventry-what is it??
Indeed we are drifting. We've established where the A361 is, so can we now try to identify the mast.
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16th Apr 2012, 2:09 pm | #23 |
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Re: Large Aerial Array near Daventry-what is it??
Guys,
There is a large set of poles and lattice poles just to the north of the road that goes from Dunchurch to the motorway junction at DIRFT on the M1. I go past this reguarly and have often wondered what they're for. It is, I think, just a bit south of the old Rugby site. Robin |
16th Apr 2012, 2:16 pm | #24 |
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Re: Large Aerial Array near Daventry-what is it??
Try looking at 52.356666,-1.184056 on Google Maps. You can see the posts laid out in three pointed grids (poor explanation) just south of what I think is the old Rugby station building.
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16th Apr 2012, 2:19 pm | #25 |
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Re: Large Aerial Array near Daventry-what is it??
In fact looking closer the three pointed grids are concrete bases of, I reckon, the old LF towers and if you look amongst them you can see the shadows of the poles on the grass.
Robin |