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Fantastic article. I found a slightly clearer diagram of the Cutler array: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLF_Transmitter_Cutler#Antenna https://en.wikipedia.o

• thrownthatway 6mo ago
  I didn’t know there was one of these in Australia, the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Communication_Station_Harold_E._Holt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Communication_Station_Ha...
  • mattkrause 6mo ago
    The man who mysteriously disappeared whilst swimming has a Naval Communications station and a pool complex named after him?! Amazing!
    • matthewsinclair 6mo ago
      As an Aussie, it’s always amused me that we managed to name a public swimming pool after a Prime Minister who (at least as the official story goes) died whilst swimming.
• Aurornis 6mo ago
  > Therefore, the antenna cables are connected to a deicing system. When in use, it heats the wires by running a 60 Hz electric current through them. The power required to deice one array within a reasonable time is 3 MW or more – considerably higher than the transmitter output power. I love that they de-ice the antenna array by plugging it into the grid and sending 3 megawatts into the wires