McCannster - Jan 4, 2017 3:45 pm - Hasn't voted
No idea eitherI've seen these things on other peaks around the western US. I also have no clue as to their purpose, but my guess would be that they are all now-obsolete remnants of Cold War-era defense systems for Armed Forces.
Sarah Simon - Jan 9, 2017 2:10 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: No idea eitherI prefer to summon the vision of a big, open-air, mountain top movie theater. ;)
nartreb - Jan 4, 2017 10:10 pm - Hasn't voted
radio reflectorThere must be something down in a nearby valley, facing this thing, that needs fairly high-bandwidth communications. You'd bounce a signal (usuually microwave) off this thing to/from an active relay station (usually a big antenna on top of a mountain) when the station doesn't have direct line-of-sight to the target, usually because there's a mountain between the target and the station.
http://long-lines.net/places-routes/Thurmont_repeater/EW0569-27.html
Sarah Simon - Jan 9, 2017 2:11 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: radio reflectorInteresting...thanks for sharing!
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