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"An array of giant parabolic dishes obscured by thick forest cover are housed on a mountain ridge just over a mile southeast of the main property. These, howeve
by sanj 10y ago
"An array of giant parabolic dishes obscured by thick forest cover are housed on a mountain ridge just over a mile southeast of the main property. These, however, are not part of the sale."
- Aelinsaar 10y agoThat's one hell of a caveat!
- maxerickson 10y agoWhat do you mean? A mile south would mean there are roughly 640 acres between the land being disposed of and the array. It doesn't seem to really be part of the area being sold, just a nearby property. It's like saying that such and such skyscraper doesn't come with a house located some distance away.
- Aelinsaar 10y agoThat's a good point, I didn't properly imagine the scale.
- adeel4 10y agoThey can keep the dishes. Can you imagine how much it costs to dismantle them?
- jonknee 10y agoProbably not that much? A scrap company would probably do it for free.
- markps 10y agoWhen I was about 15, my dad and I volunteered to help strip cable and waveguide off giant dishes in a decommissioned radio-free zone north of Boulder. The material was donated to a local amateur radio club and was mostly recycled as scrap metal. I was given some wrenches, a harness, a few carabiners and some rope. I have to say, hanging off those bottom supports with nothing below me was one of the most exciting times of my life!
- walrus01 10y agoThe dishes have considerable value if dismantled carefully and relocated for a current C, Ku and Ka band teleport operator (two way satellite services). Will likely need new feeds and all electronics. A new 16.4 meter C-band earth station dish is $165,000+.
- edsouza 10y agoThat is the Sugar Grove NSA Listening Station. This is mentioned in the article. Also google satellite images shows it pretty clear if you search for it. It's south of Sugar Grove.